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Buying a Home in Citrus Springs, FL
Citrus Springs is a master planned residential community in northern Citrus County, originally developed in the 1960s by the Punta Gorda Isles Sales Corporation. The plat covers roughly 25 square miles of mostly quarter to half acre lots, all serviced by underground utilities, an unusual feature for unincorporated Florida. The Citrus Springs Golf and Country Club anchors the central area, and the Withlacoochee River and Rainbow Springs sit minutes north. Median home prices around $260K, with newer construction expanding the western edge of the plat.
Median Price
$260,000
Source: Stellar MLS, March 2026
Population
9,550
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020
About Buying a Home in Citrus Springs
Citrus Springs sits in Citrus County on Florida's Nature Coast. K2 Sells works buying a home clients across this market with a data driven, no pressure approach. Below: the local context, the typical price range, the FAQs we hear most often, and a direct line to the K2 Sells team.
Why Citrus Springs for Buying a Home
Citrus Springs is a master planned residential community in northern Citrus County, originally developed in the 1960s by the Punta Gorda Isles Sales Corporation. The plat covers roughly 25 square miles of mostly quarter to half acre lots, all serviced by underground utilities, an unusual feature for unincorporated Florida. The Citrus Springs Golf and Country Club anchors the central area, and the Withlacoochee River and Rainbow Springs sit minutes north. Median home prices around $260K, with newer construction expanding the western edge of the plat.
Notable Neighborhoods in Citrus Springs
The communities most relevant to buying a home clients in Citrus Springs:
- Citrus Springs Country Club Estates
- Citrus Springs Plat
- Spruce Creek South
What Makes Citrus Springs the Nature Coast
Local context that matters when you are evaluating buying a home here:
- Citrus Springs Golf and Country Club, the original 1960s 18 hole course at the heart of the master plan
- Rainbow Springs State Park in adjacent Marion County, one of Florida's largest first magnitude springs
- Withlacoochee State Trail, the longest paved bike trail in Florida, with a trailhead 10 minutes east in Hernando
- Crystal River and Kings Bay, 25 minutes southwest for manatee tours and Gulf access
- Withlacoochee State Forest Citrus Tract, immediately east for hiking, biking, and wildlife viewing
What Makes Citrus Springs Different
- Originally developed in the 1960s by the Punta Gorda Isles Sales Corporation, the same company behind Punta Gorda Isles on Florida's Gulf coast, marketed nationally as a low cost retirement and second home destination
- One of the few unincorporated Florida communities of its era built with fully underground utilities, including electric, telephone, and cable, still a selling point sixty years later
- Spans roughly 25 square miles of platted lots, most a quarter to half acre, giving Citrus Springs the largest typical residential lot size of any K2 service area community
- Anchored by the Citrus Springs Golf and Country Club, an 18 hole course continuously operating since the original 1960s plat
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