Bay Hill, Florida
census designated place in Orange County, Florida, United States
Bay Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,021 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Bay Hill area is generally located on either side of Apopka-Vineland Road in southwest Orange County, north of Lake Buena Vista and south of Windermere.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.4 km2), of which 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 4.01%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Bay Hill had a population of 5,021. The median age was 49.7 years. 17.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.3 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Bay Hill, Florida” is census designated place in Orange County, Florida, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hill, Florida and census, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q812075. Authority coordinates are 28.455, -81.506. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bay Hill, Florida” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.