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Wildwood, FL

17,608 Population
58.3 square miles 302 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 68.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,830 ±$4,866 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: $49,030 ±$2,075
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,552 ±$7,841 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: $76,508 ±$3,168
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±3.3% (2,216  ±576) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 9.7% † 13,159 (±1.2% / ±1,568)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±1.5 (98,525  ±15,509) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 28.9 802,060 (±1.7 / ±68,838)
  • 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

9,228 ±371 Number of households
  • the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 70,318 ±1,305
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (17,353  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 1.9 135,547 (±0 / ±137)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±4.7% (71  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 5.8% † 650 (±2% / ±219)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,127 ±445 Number of housing units
  • the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 84,068 ±105
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$451,600 ±$19,096 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: $385,400 ±$9,118
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.5% ±3% (3,247  ±534.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 13.2% † 18,787 (±1.4% / ±2,017.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±5.3% (14,383  ±919.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 92.7% 119,704 (±2.7% / ±3,492.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.9% ±3.5% (6,095  ±560.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 35.3% 45,603 (±1.8% / ±2,292.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

7.8% ±2.3% (1,370  ±399) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 6.1% 8,779
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±2.2% (1,576  ±348) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area: 13.7% 18,301 (±1% / ±1,352)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,576 Total veterans ±348 1,411 Male ±343 165 Female ±81

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