Hernando vs Sugarmill Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Hernando and Sugarmill Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

Hernando and Sugarmill Woods are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sugarmill Woods has the higher population (10,871 vs 8,795 in Hernando). Sugarmill Woods has the higher median household income ($69,831 vs $41,564 in Hernando). Sugarmill Woods has the higher median home value ($289,100 vs $189,200 in Hernando).

Population, income & housing

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
Population	8,795	10,871
Median age	60.4 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,564	$69,831
Median home value	$189,200	$289,100
Median gross rent	$922	$1,200
Housing units	5,615	5,624
Homeownership rate	84.7%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
Population	9,261 → 8,795 (-5.0%)	9,082 → 10,871 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$34,356 → $41,564 (+21.0%)	$53,526 → $69,831 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $189,200 (+112.1%)	$175,200 → $289,100 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $922 (+35.2%)	$1,013 → $1,200 (+18.5%)

Hernando

Population

9,2618,795

Median household income

$34,356$41,564

Median home value

$89,200$189,200

Median gross rent

$682$922

Sugarmill Woods

Population

9,08210,871

Median household income

$53,526$69,831

Median home value

$175,200$289,100

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
Under 5	0.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	9.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	2.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	20.6%	25.5%
75 and over	18.4%	26.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	85.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	43.7%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
Drove alone	79.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.8%	18.8%
Other means	2.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
1-unit, detached	52.9%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.9%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Hernando	Sugarmill Woods
Poverty rate	19.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1985	1996