Meadow Oaks, Florida

Meadow Oaks, Florida
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 28°20′47″N 82°36′09″W / 28.34639°N 82.60250°W / 28.34639; -82.60250
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Pasco
Area [1]
• Total	1.656 sq mi (4.29 km2)
• Land	1.651 sq mi (4.28 km2)
• Water	0.005 sq mi (0.013 km2)
Elevation [3]	36 ft (11 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,842[2]
• Density	1,721/sq mi (664.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	34669[4]
Area code	352
GNIS feature ID	2583362[3]

Meadow Oaks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States.^[5] Located north of Florida State Road 52 inland from Hudson,^[6] it is within the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)^[7] and the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

The community was first planned in 1983 to include homes and eponymous golf course,^[8] which was later expanded.^[9][10] The clubhouse was destroyed by fire in 1995.^[11] The community continued to grow into the 2000s,^[12][13][14] partly on land that had once been a cattle ranch, to have eight 'villages'.^[15]

Meadow Oaks become a CDP (43785)^[16] in 2010^[17].

Meadow Oaks is considered an 'inland' or 'landside' Pasco County community.^[6][18] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Meadow Oaks CDP has an area of 1.656 square miles (4.29 km²); 1.651 square miles (4.28 km²) of its area is land, and 0.005 square miles (0.013 km²) is water.^[1] Land-use planning follows the concepts of MPUD zoning.^[19][20]

As of the 2020 census, Meadow Oaks had a population of 2,842. The median age was 50.6 years. 17.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 29.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.5 males age 18 and over.^[21][2]

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.^[22]

There were 1,227 households in Meadow Oaks, of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 45.8% were married-couple households, 16.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.^[21]

There were 1,336 housing units, of which 8.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.1%.^[21]

As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,442.^[1]

• List of census-designated places in Florida