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Welaka, FL

1,059 Population
1.5 square miles 713.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.1 ±15.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 45 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,107 ±$8,442 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $26,908 ±$1,551
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$51,528 ±$29,780 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $47,256 ±$1,961
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

28.8% ±15.9% (305  ±203) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 23.9% 17,409 (±1.9% / ±1,388)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

36.7 minutes ±24.3 (13,355  ±6,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 30.7 728,135 (±1.3 / ±44,411)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

537 ±212 Number of households
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 30,650 ±595
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2 ±1.1 (1,059  ±394) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 2.4 72,856 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

11.9% ±18.2% (21  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,000 (±1.8% / ±269)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

777 ±233 Number of housing units
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 36,614 ±53
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$271,200 ±$16,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $147,300 ±$14,019
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

6.6% ±5% (68  ±57.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 11.3% † 8,330 (±1.8% / ±1,292.2)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

87.2% ±37.2% (704  ±208.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 82.2% 43,648 (±2.9% / ±1,563)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
11.9% ±4.6% (96  ±47.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 14.1% 7,483 (±1.4% / ±733.6)
  • 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

0.9% ±0.8% (10  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 4.7% 3,504
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

13.2% ±2.1% (118  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 10.3% 6,008 (±0.9% / ±547)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
118 Total veterans ±44 98 Male ±35 20 Female ±26

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