Villages population during the summer

[novie2]

Just curious about what the approximate population of the Villages is during the summer......read variously that it is 70,000 to 80,000 during the winter months......

thank you, novie

[hedoman]

Whatever it is add 2 as me and the miussus will be full timers soon

:wave:

[zcaveman]

The roads are less crowded and the restaurant waiting lines are shorter. The stores are less crowded.

Hope that helps.

[Tbugs]

I would just guess the offseason population is about 65,000 to 70,000. You do notice it on the executive golf courses, restaurants, and the movie theaters.

You also notice a marked improvement of driving skills around the traffic circles during the offseason times.

[skip0358]

The pools are less crowded,the Happy Hours are better,Resteraunts are emptier,the squares are less crowded. Come on down.

[kb8tpw]

Tbugs and skip have it down to a science, especially the driving skills........

[BowleesCreekYachtClub]

You can walk on to any of the executive courses in the afternoons and evenings. On the championship courses it's all you can play for $6 after 5pm. And if you think there is a good sale on at Van Heusen and Izod right now . . .wait until spring. Most restaurants lower their prices and there are no lines - at Palmer last year you could get a three course dinner for two with a bottle of wine for $50!!!

[rubicon]

I suspect with more Lifstyle people and renters along with new buyers that the summer population will continue to remain well over 80,000 all summer. There were definitely more people here last summer than the year before.

[swrinfla]

Somewhere I've heard the estimate that 30% of the population are "snowbirds."

If we accept 80,000 as a reasonable estimate of current population, that means that some 24,000 aren't here in the summer. But it also means that some 56,000 are!

My gut says that there are closer to 60,000 here all summer. That said, those who noted easier tee times, lesser restaurant waits, less traffic in summer are right!

Earlier this afternoon I encountered a really, really long back-up headed east out the Sunset Pointe gate on Bailey Trail. Quick guesstimate: 25 vehicles, including cars and carts. Wow!

Traffic on Bailey Trail has multiplied exponentially in my six years. That's because it is really the main drag for all our new neighbors in Pennecamp, Buttonwood, St. Charles, St. James and Tamarind Grove.

Welcome, guys! Just hope you'll stay off the roads when I'm out and about! :a20:

SWR
:beer3:

[Sherman931]

Just count all the out of state plates that you see and subtract that from 80,000.:loco:

[Avista]

WE LOVE summer in The Villages!

[K9-Lovers]

Summer in The Villages is Florida's BKS!

(Best Kept Secret . . . shhhh)

[skyguy79]

Just count all the out of state plates that you see and subtract that from 80,000.:loco:We elect you to undergo that project. Please report back in one week! http://www.tricountyforum.com/Smileys/Third/devil-smiley-041.gif

[novie2]

Thanks everyone for all the input....got a good general idea of life in TV Summer/Winter......


OK Sherman I can see me at the square counting OOS (out of state) plates................ on second thought........naw I think I would rather be at the pool :pepper2:

[LittleDog]

Somewhere I've heard the estimate that 30% of the population are "snowbirds."

If we accept 80,000 as a reasonable estimate of current population, that means that some 24,000 aren't here in the summer. But it also means that some 56,000 are!

My gut says that there are closer to 60,000 here all summer. That said, those who noted easier tee times, lesser restaurant waits, less traffic in summer are right!

Earlier this afternoon I encountered a really, really long back-up headed east out the Sunset Pointe gate on Bailey Trail. Quick guesstimate: 25 vehicles, including cars and carts. Wow!

Traffic on Bailey Trail has multiplied exponentially in my six years. That's because it is really the main drag for all our new neighbors in Pennecamp, Buttonwood, St. Charles, St. James and Tamarind Grove.

Welcome, guys! Just hope you'll stay off the roads when I'm out and about! :a20:

SWR
:beer3:

When we moved in 6 years ago I could never figure why there was a blinker light (now a stoplight) on St. Charles and Bailey Trail. Now I know why.

John

[Hancle704]

For what it's worth, a few years ago someone published fact that seasonal residents of TV was 30-35% of total. This may have changed over the years, but it is a lot less crowded during the summer months and most folks move at a slower pace.

[HawkeyeBarb]

Living in The Villages will be wonderful all 4 seasons! I would bet the full time residents love the summer, tho. I can tell you that life in a Big Ten college town changes in the summer when 25,000+ students go back home and only summer school and grad students remain. Less traffic, no wait in restuarants and it is a joy to walk around campus. Love to see the summer come! :cool:

[Army Guy]

Let's put it this way. We live in a CYV, in the villa neighborhood there are 60 villas. In the winter months all 60 full 95% of the time. In summer..10 are full! Heck on my street alone, there is only one other fulltimer! We LOVE the summer months!

Army Guy

[Schaumburger]

Add one person to the population of TV this summer for one week in July, as I am waiting for the lease to be e-mailed to me to rent a patio villa in the Village of Chatham. :D And I won't mind a slower summer pace in TV as I have been working a lot of OT at work the past couple of months, which may continue for a while. So leave the light on for me.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Add one person to the population of TV this summer for one week in July, as I am waiting for the lease to be e-mailed to me to rent a patio villa in the Village of Chatham. :D And I won't mind a slower summer pace in TV as I have been working a lot of OT at work the past couple of months, which may continue for a while. So leave the light on for me.

Congrats! Hope it works out well for you.

Bring your sunscreen and enjoy!! :)

Bill

[Pturner]

Summer in The Villages is Florida's BKS!

(Best Kept Secret . . . shhhh)

Yep. I love TV in the summer. Low prices, easy to get tee times, no waits. Shhhh.

Oh, note to northern friends: you might not like summers here. It's real hot. You might want to just come down for the winter. :popcorn:

[cookies]

Great! Reading these posts has confirmed what my husband and I had been hoping for.... We are planning on buying a home in TV and moving by the end of middle of June. Since we are inexperienced golf cart drivers and have limited exposure to the dreaded traffic circles we had hoped there would be less Villagers for us to terrorize when we were traveling around by either car or golf cart. It sounds like summer in TV will be perfect for us!:D By the winter we will be pros.

[mulligan]

If you can drive in philly, you will have no problem at TV.

[memason]

Great! Reading these posts has confirmed what my husband and I had been hoping for.... We are planning on buying a home in TV and moving by the end of middle of June. Since we are inexperienced golf cart drivers and have limited exposure to the dreaded traffic circles we had hoped there would be less Villagers for us to terrorize when we were traveling around by either car or golf cart. It sounds like summer in TV will be perfect for us!:D By the winter we will be pros.

Come on down, Cookies! We'll be here... Traffic circles are a piece of cake to navigate, but some posts [on here] would have you believe they were installed by the devil himself, just to mess with us.. :lipsrsealed:

...and, we all do stupid things in golf carts, even if we're experienced...:D

[downeaster]

Great! Reading these posts has confirmed what my husband and I had been hoping for.... We are planning on buying a home in TV and moving by the end of middle of June. Since we are inexperienced golf cart drivers and have limited exposure to the dreaded traffic circles we had hoped there would be less Villagers for us to terrorize when we were traveling around by either car or golf cart. It sounds like summer in TV will be perfect for us!:D By the winter we will be pros.

Traffic circles, we call them roundabouts, are not to be dreaded but they do take some getting used to. Click http://www.districtgov.org/PdfView/PdfView.aspx?path='/PdfUpload/RoundaboutBrochure%20-%20FINAL070908.pdf'&ql=standard to get a preview of what the rules are. The majority of the folks here know how to use them. One unwritten rule: stagger. Don't count on the car beside you following the rules so give him room to goof up.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Good point about "following the rules" in the roundabouts. I try to make sure, if at all possible, that I'm not traveling side by side with another vehicle while navigating them.

Bill

[cleanwater]

Our neighborhood has no renters, is 12 years old, and has about 90% year arounders. However, even those who are here year around travel and take vacations to get a break from the heat. This lowers the average to something like 80% of the people in our neighborhood are here throughout the summer. I imaging the older neighborhoods have higher summer popl than the newer neighborhoods. We shorten our summer absence every year as did all our neighbors before us. The conversion from snow bird to year arounders takes a few years.

[Pturner]

Great! Reading these posts has confirmed what my husband and I had been hoping for.... We are planning on buying a home in TV and moving by the end of middle of June. Since we are inexperienced golf cart drivers and have limited exposure to the dreaded traffic circles we had hoped there would be less Villagers for us to terrorize when we were traveling around by either car or golf cart. It sounds like summer in TV will be perfect for us!:D By the winter we will be pros.

Cookies,
:welcome: I love your attitude and humor. You will fit right in and absolutely love it here. We'll love you being here. Come live in Springdale, ok?

p.s. Memason, I always love your clever avatars! :ho:

[RayB]

I have learned to wait for summer to buy major items, household upgrades and building maintenance as prices are much lower in the summer. Lots of sales and the building trades quote lower installation estimates as that is the slow time for them around here. It is a much more relaxing time around here in the summer.

[Schaumburger]

Great! Reading these posts has confirmed what my husband and I had been hoping for.... We are planning on buying a home in TV and moving by the end of middle of June. Since we are inexperienced golf cart drivers and have limited exposure to the dreaded traffic circles we had hoped there would be less Villagers for us to terrorize when we were traveling around by either car or golf cart. It sounds like summer in TV will be perfect for us!:D By the winter we will be pros.

Cookies, Congratulations on your upcoming move to TV and good luck in your home search. I was able to navigate the traffic circles/roundabouts OK last summer when I was in TV, and I have had very little experience with driving in them. I will be back renting in TV this July, so watch out for me in the roundabouts : ). I found it helpful to pay extra close attention to what the other drivers were doing in the roundabouts. It's not the time to be changing radio stations, dialing the cell phone or arguing with the passenger in your car.

[Schaumburger]

Congrats! Hope it works out well for you.

Bring your sunscreen and enjoy!! :)

Bill

Thank you. I'm counting the days already. Already have the 50+ suncreen.:D

[Freeda]

Summertime seems so much more relaxed and laid back in TV, because there are fewer people here, that it is a closely guarded secret among some Villagers. Some full-timers, when snowbirds ask "... but doesn't it get too hot in The Villages in the summer?" say things like "Oh, my, yes, it's just unbearable; you are soooo wise to only come for the winter and then go back up north. Why, we can hardly stand being here during the summer".

But, luckily, here on TOTV we speak only the truth!!

[al & jane]

Does anyone really know the percentage of seasonal residents VS full timers? I've heard estimates between 20% and all the way to 80% seasonal. We have only been here since November so haven't experienced the off-season yet.

Anyone have an accurate number?

[kb8tpw]

Watching out for the other "guy" in the roundabouts is the absolute key ingredient any time of the year, IMHO.

[memason]

I believe if they would eliminate all the lane markings, in the roundabouts, it would be a lot more fun ..... :a040:

[Bill-n-Brillo]

I believe if they would eliminate all the lane markings, in the roundabouts, it would be a lot more fun ..... :a040:

Temporary hijack...........

Here's something Sandy and I haven't been able to figure out re: the roundabouts - - - Many of them have two marked lanes for the entirety of the roundabout yet others have two lanes narrowed down to one at certain point(s), even though the blacktop exists for two lanes to continue. Anybody know why?

Thanks -
Bill

[champion6]

Does anyone really know the percentage of seasonal residents VS full timers? Anyone have an accurate number?I don't believe you will find an accurate number on this forum... only observations.

[quidam65]

You can walk on to any of the executive courses in the afternoons and evenings. On the championship courses it's all you can play for $6 after 5pm. And if you think there is a good sale on at Van Heusen and Izod right now . . .wait until spring. Most restaurants lower their prices and there are no lines - at Palmer last year you could get a three course dinner for two with a bottle of wine for $50!!!

Don't forget to sign up for the Izod Rewards card. They send emails with discount coupons which can be used ON TOP OF their off the wall sales, and the cards are good at Izod, Van Heusen and Bass (shoes and socks, also owned by the same company).

Where I live in Texas there is an outlet mall with an Izod, Van Heusen, and Bass. My clothes are nearly all Izod due to the unreal sales prices.

[JohnN]

come May 1 (offseason) , I'd guess about 50% less people,

traffic, restaurants, squares, all opens up

[vj1213]

The info they give in the sales center to use on the trolley is that 80% of residents are full time

[memason]

Temporary hijack...........

Here's something Sandy and I haven't been able to figure out re: the roundabouts - - - Many of them have two marked lanes for the entirety of the roundabout yet others have two lanes narrowed down to one at certain point(s), even though the blacktop exists for two lanes to continue. Anybody know why?

Thanks -
Bill

See what I mean ???? Lane marking just confuse people...:D

Can you imagine if they were all converted to 4-way stops overnight! YIKES!

[clekr]

The roundabouts narrow to one lane where the exit road being approached is one lane and not two like the areas where it does not narrow.

[Barefoot]

I was told by a Village Sales Rep that approximately 60% of residents are full time. This number was confirmed by Lyle Gant in a previous post (he is a respected realtor in the area), when he said that Snowbirds are about 40% of the homes. Lots of full-time residents have RVs and/or travel all summer. Sometimes when I look at the Town Square Web Cams in the summer, the Squares look empty!

It's a blessing to have such a wonderful place to enjoy, whether full time or seasonal!

[Bill-n-Brillo]

The roundabouts narrow to one lane where the exit road being approached is one lane and not two like the areas where it does not narrow.

Thanks!

Bill

[novie2]

. Sometimes when I look at the Town Square Web Cams in the summer, the Squares look empty!

It's a blessing to have such a wonderful place to enjoy, whether full time or seasonal!

Where do you find the Villages web cams......would love to see what is happening in the squares. :-)

[Francie]

just Google Villages Web Cams and you will get the links to LSL and SS

[champion6]

Where do you find the Villages web cams......would love to see what is happening in the squares. :-)Go to www.thevillages.com and click on the temperature in the upper right.

[Francie]

Thanks champion6! Quick shortcut!

[novie2]

thanks Francie, LSL looks beautiful....:coolsmiley:

[novie2]

Thanks Champion6.....got it