page_title: The Villages, Florida
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: The Villages, Florida / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: Bridge over SR 44 at Brownwood Paddock Square
context_page_description: The Villages is a census-designated place in Sumter County, Florida, United States. It shares its name with a broader master-planned age-restricted community that spreads into portions of Lake and Marion counties. The overall development lies in central Florida, approximately 20 miles south of Ocala and approximately 45 miles northwest of Orlando.
  The Villages consistently ranks as a very high growth area. The U.S. Census ranked The Villages as the fastest-growing U.S. city for the second year in a row; The Villages MSA estimated population, as of July 1, 2018, was 128,754 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Villages development corporation estimated that the Villages planned community, which includes parts of Lake, Marion and Sumter counties, had a population of 122,460 on March 31, 2019.
  The Villages is made up of 17 special purpose Community Development Districts, which are controlled by a board of supervisors, five individuals elected by the landowners of the district. H. Gary Morse, the son of the original owner, transferred most direct ownership in the company to his three children in 2006; Morse died in 2014.
caption: Golf cart bridge over SR 44 at Brownwood Paddock Square
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