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Wauchula, FL

4,910 Population
3.3 square miles 1,503 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hardee County: 35.9 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,607 ±$5,736 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardee County: $26,225 † ±$3,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$36,324 ±$18,899 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hardee County: $54,231 † ±$6,239
  • about half the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

40.7% ±13% (1,910  ±613) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hardee County: 24.3% † 5,727 (±4.2% / ±998)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

27.8 minutes ±1.3 (43,565  ±7,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hardee County: 27.9 251,145 (±1.7 / ±21,800)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

1,827 ±208 Number of households
  • Hardee County: 8,148 ±294
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.5 ±0.3 (4,642  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardee County: 2.9 23,634 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

8.7% ±8.7% (100  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hardee County: 7.3% † 377 (±3.6% / ±186)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

2,119 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Hardee County: 9,884 ±24
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$131,500 ±$104,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hardee County: $129,400 † ±$17,577
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

8% ±6.9% (391  ±336.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Hardee County: 8.4% † 2,129 (±2% / ±509.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

79.6% ±15.3% (2,331  ±497.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardee County: 78.4% 13,117 (±4.7% / ±803.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
10.5% ±4.6% (308  ±138.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hardee County: 12.3% † 2,051 (±2% / ±332.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% ±3.1% (178  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Hardee County: 10.8% 2,741
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

2.7% ±2.2% (86  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hardee County: 4.8% † 920 (±0.9% / ±176)
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
86 Total veterans ±71 86 Male ±71 N/A Female ±15

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