South Brooksville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Brooksville had a population of 4,311. It is a suburb included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
South Brooksville is in the east-central part of Hernando County, located at (28.543005, -82.394738). It borders the city of Brooksville to the southwest, south, and southeast. It is in turn bordered to the south and west by unincorporated Spring Hill, and to the west by Wiscon.
U.S. Route 41 crosses the central portion of the CDP, leading north into Brooksville and south to Masaryktown. Florida State Road 50 crosses the northern portions of the CDP, leading east to Ridge Manor and west to Weeki Wachee.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the South Brooksville CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.67%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, South Brooksville had a population of 4,311. The median age was 53.5 years. 16.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 31.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 88.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.7 males age 18 and over.
44.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 55.3% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,900 households in South Brooksville, of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.8% were married-couple households, 18.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.