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 State:     Florida

City:       Oviedo

Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,316 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 30,618.  It is part of the Orlando--Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The city of Oviedo is currently planning a brand new downtown development just south of the current "old downtown" along Oviedo Blvd. The new town center will be a mixed-use development including town homes, single family living, apartment homes, restaurants, retail, and a planned amphitheater.

Phase I is commenced construction in the first quarter of 2007. Construction has stalled, and a new buyer or partners are being sought to help finish the immense project. It's set to include residences, businesses, a new library, amphitheater, and more.

A new hospital has been delayed over the past few years, but developers have picked two potential locations within Oviedo city limits, and construction should begin sometime in the near future.

A new Checker's and Sonic Drive-In are opening/opened soon.

A Target, Borders, YMCA, Little League, bowling center, nature nursery, and a new Aquatics Center are located in Oviedo.

Oviedo is also home to numerous developments including the established Whispering Woods, Aloma Woods, Remington Park, Sanctuary, Riverside, Twin Rivers, and Bear Creek. It also has new subdivisions including the Oviedo Forest, Providence, Clayton's Crossing, Stratford Green, and Live Oak

Oviedo is known for a population of chickens that roam the downtown area (ironically) near the restaurant "Popeye's Chicken". There are so many of them roaming the area that often traffic stops as they cross the roads. The chickens have been featured on Oviedo t-shirts and coffee mugs and a poster commemorating one of Oviedo's yearly festivals, "A Taste of Oviedo".

Contrary to that which some believe, there are no specific laws or statutes surrounding the chickens, neither for their protection nor for their removal - the latter being something some residents would like to see due to the danger they pose with traffic in the congested town center. For others, however, the chickens add an element of fun eating at the adjacent Townhouse restaurant, another trademark of Oviedo, and provide Oviedo with a uniqueness that can be boasted by no other neighboring town.

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

Estimated median household income in 2008: $75,530 (it was $64,119 in 2000)

Oviedo:	$75,530
Florida:	$47,778

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $29,429

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $295,067 (it was $132,200 in 2000)

Oviedo:	$295,067
Florida:	$218,700

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $302,718; Detached houses: $304,252; Townhouses or other attached units: $171,634; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $178,950

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Oviedo: 90.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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