Yalaha is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Yalaha had a population of 1,505. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Yalaha is located in central Lake County on the south shore of Lake Harris. It is bordered to the west by the Leesburg city limits and to the southeast by the town of Howey-in-the-Hills. The center of Yalaha is southeast of the center of Leesburg, north of Groveland, and southwest of Tavares, the Lake county seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Yalaha CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 60.60%, are water. Most of the water area is part of Lake Harris, part of the upper Ocklawaha River basin.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Yalaha had a population of 1,505. The median age was 57.2 years. 13.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 35.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.8 males age 18 and over.
3.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 96.5% lived in rural areas.
There were 650 households in Yalaha, of which 12.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 59.1% were married-couple households, 15.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.