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Wauchula, FL

4,927 Population
3.3 square miles 1,508.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hardee County: 35.8 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,650 ±$5,523 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardee County: $28,365 † ±$3,450
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,013 ±$27,915 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardee County: $60,489 † ±$6,151
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38.1% ±14.4% (1,788  ±680) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hardee County: 25.3% † 6,033 (±4.2% / ±993)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±6.3 (47,345  ±7,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hardee County: 26.8 251,200 (±1.9 / ±24,174)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,658 ±225 Number of households
  • Hardee County: 8,219 ±270
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.4 (4,762  ±75) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hardee County: 2.9 23,908 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,881 ±270 Number of housing units
  • Hardee County: 9,942 ±29
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,800 ±$43,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hardee County: $153,600 † ±$26,119
  • about half the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±8.4% (615  ±414.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hardee County: 9.3% † 2,371 (±2.3% / ±589.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.5% ±12.6% (2,085  ±421.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hardee County: 76.9% 12,825 (±4.8% / ±794.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.3% ±5.6% (240  ±148.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardee County: 12.1% † 2,017 (±2% / ±331.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.3% ±3.9% (261  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hardee County: 11.7% 3,011
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±3.3% (150  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Hardee County: 5% † 976 (±1% / ±190)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
150 Total veterans ±99 150 Male ±99 N/A Female ±15

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