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Wewahitchka, FL

1,884 Population
6.7 square miles 281.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Gulf County: 46.9 ±1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,983 ±$6,603 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gulf County: $37,156 † ±$4,826
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,674 ±$13,028 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gulf County: $61,179 ±$5,548
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±9.6% (378  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gulf County: 12.5% † 1,555 (±2.8% / ±353)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2.2 (17,955  ±5,774) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gulf County: 24.1 † 114,030 (±2.5 / ±14,899)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

813 ±184 Number of households
  • Gulf County: 5,944 ±370
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.7 (1,884  ±420) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gulf County: 2.1 12,519 (±0.1 / ±177)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±4.5% (23  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gulf County: 3.5% † 76 (±2.8% / ±61)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,093 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Gulf County: 9,362 ±83
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,800 ±$17,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gulf County: $250,000 † ±$29,223
  • about half the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±5.8% (183  ±115.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gulf County: 14.7% † 2,208 (±2.9% / ±439.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±24.7% (1,023  ±185) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gulf County: 85% 10,174 (±5.8% / ±697.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19% ±7.8% (217  ±99.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gulf County: 23.5% † 2,815 (±3.1% / ±372.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about half 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

1.5% ±1.6% (28  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gulf County: 3.8% 569
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±4.1% (142  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gulf County: 9.8% † 1,258 (±1.8% / ±229)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
142 Total veterans ±61 111 Male ±51 31 Female ±22

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