One in four residences in Largo are manufactured homes, a recent study found — the highest percentage of any community in the nation and a harbinger of housing trends in communities across the state.
Online self storage marketplace and info hub StorageCafe.com released its study on the growing number of factory-built homes earlier this month. The findings, which use U.S. Census data, show that Florida tops the nation in the number of manufactured homes with more than 824,000 — driven by high demand in growth corridors like Largo and Jacksonville and a favorable climate for alternative, affordable housing.
Roughly 28% of all housing in the City of Largo is manufactured, the study found. That means out of 50,400 homes, roughly 14,100 are manufactured, the study says…