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Welaka, FL

948 Population
1.5 square miles 638.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.2 ±13.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 45.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Florida: 42.4 ±0.1

Economics

$27,844 ±$8,315 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $25,966 ±$1,326
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $38,850 ±$186
$43,295 ±$32,797 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $44,852 ±$2,826
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $67,917 ±$259

31.4% ±13.8% (298  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 22.9% 16,506 (±2.2% / ±1,614)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.9% 2,725,633 (±0.1% / ±29,282)

37.5 minutes ±28.2 (8,695  ±4,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 31.7 745,970 (±1.7 / ±50,561)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,090,270 (±0.1 / ±907,292)

Families

513 ±235 Number of households
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 29,782 ±486
  • Florida: 8,353,441 ±20,969
1.9 ±1.1 (948  ±384) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 2.4 72,236 (±0 / ±19)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,164,852

16.8% ±18.5% (19  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 6.4% † 918 (±1.8% / ±253)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 228,015 (±0.1% / ±4,696)

Housing

767 ±245 Number of housing units
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 36,183 ±59
  • Florida: 9,915,957 ±765

$261,500 ±$28,411 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $125,700 ±$8,951
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $292,200 ±$719

8.2% ±4.7% (75  ±52.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 11.9% † 8,654 (±1.8% / ±1,295)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 14.4% 3,089,216 (±0.1% / ±26,486.4)

Social

81.2% ±40.5% (574  ±,197.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 82.5% 43,414 (±3.1% / ±1,627.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.3% 13,908,975 (±0.2% / ±36,411.4)
12% ±4.8% (85  ±45.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 13.3% † 7,016 (±1.4% / ±,718.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 32.3% 5,037,466 (±0.1% / ±20,446.6)

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

2.4% ±3% (23  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 4.7% 3,453
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.1% 4,574,432

14% ±7.5% (110  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 10.5% 6,077 (±0.9% / ±547)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.9% 1,369,719 (±0.1% / ±10,194)
110 Total veterans ±40 90 Male ±30 20 Female ±25

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