The Villages is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It shares its name with a broader master-planned, age-restricted community that spreads into portions of Lake County. The overall development lies in central Florida, approximately 20 mi south of Ocala and approximately 45 mi northwest of Orlando. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 79,077.