North Brooksville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Brooksville had a population of 3,506. It is a suburb included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
North Brooksville is located in east-central Hernando County. It borders the northwest, north, and northeast sides of the city of Brooksville, the Hernando County seat.
U.S. Route 98 runs through the western part of North Brooksville, leading south into Brooksville and northwest to Homosassa Springs. U.S. Route 41 crosses the central reach of North Brooksville, leading south into Brooksville and north to Inverness.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.29%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, North Brooksville had a population of 3,506. The median age was 49.5 years. 19.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 23.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.7 males age 18 and over.
66.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 33.7% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,374 households in North Brooksville, of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.6% were married-couple households, 18.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.