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Welaka, FL

1,082 Population
1.5 square miles 729.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±13.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 45 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,576 ±$8,977 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $28,621 ±$1,546
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$54,830 ±$23,116 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $47,934 ±$2,163
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

27.1% ±14.2% (293  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 23.4% 17,328 (±2.1% / ±1,552)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

35.9 minutes ±19.7 (13,270  ±5,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 29.6 703,340 (±1.3 / ±44,392)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

579 ±209 Number of households
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 31,360 ±629
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
1.9 ±1 (1,082  ±385) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 2.4 73,789 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

8% ±11.2% (14  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 7% † 1,043 (±1.7% / ±256)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)

Housing

812 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 37,065 ±105
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$283,100 ±$19,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $160,300 ±$5,600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

8.7% ±4.6% (93  ±59) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 9.9% † 7,377 (±1.5% / ±1,133.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

87.6% ±6.4% (726  ±209.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 82.3% 44,356 (±2.9% / ±1,598.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
11.7% ±4.4% (97  ±45.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 14.5% 7,805 (±1.4% / ±737.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

1% ±0.9% (11  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 4.7% 3,562
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

14% ±3.2% (130  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 10.7% 6,356 (±1% / ±571)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
130 Total veterans ±50 110 Male ±41 20 Female ±26

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