Living in Arcadia, Florida
Arcadia is a city in DeSoto County, with about 7,707 people.1 It feels small-town or low-density suburban, at 1,732 people per square mile.1,3
Nearest 24-hour emergency room
DeSoto Memorial Hospital, listed in Arcadia.2
Straight-line distance from the town's center; driving is longer. Freestanding ERs and urgent care aren't counted.
Life in the Heartland
Florida's cattle, citrus and lake country, between the two coasts: Sebring and Avon Park on the ridge, Wauchula and Arcadia on the Peace River, and Okeechobee, Clewiston and LaBelle around the big lake.4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Hazards: Hurricanes cross the peninsula: storms that come ashore on either coast can reach the region with damaging wind, falling trees, long outages and river flooding. Mobile and manufactured homes should evacuate.7
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The full Arcadia town card
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- How its home values, rent, age and income compare with the rest of the Heartland
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- The nearest airline airport and the nearest big airport
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Other places in DeSoto County
- Southeast Arcadia · 7,555 people · home value $169,200
"Median" means half are above and half below. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Arcadia as a Census-defined place; the area a mailing address calls Arcadia can be larger.
Notes
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024
- CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (places)
- Sebring climate, 1991–2020 normals (Wikipedia, from NOAA)
- Okeechobee County QuickFacts (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Lake Okeechobee (Wikipedia)
- 1928 Okeechobee hurricane (Wikipedia)
- Sebring International Raceway (Wikipedia)
- Clewiston, Florida (Wikipedia)
- Peace River (Florida) (Wikipedia)