Fort White vs Watertown

A side-by-side comparison of Fort White and Watertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort White and Watertown are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watertown has the higher population (2,797 vs 638 in Fort White). Fort White has the higher median household income ($52,315 vs $43,164 in Watertown). Fort White has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $112,800 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Fort White	Watertown
Population	638	2,797
Median age	34.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,315	$43,164
Median home value	$192,800	$112,800
Median gross rent	$850	$837
Housing units	295	1,536
Homeownership rate	75.0%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	23.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort White	Watertown
Population	695 → 638 (-8.2%)	3,082 → 2,797 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$41,000 → $52,315 (+27.6%)	$35,643 → $43,164 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $192,800 (+14.8%)	$105,700 → $112,800 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $850 (+12.1%)	$773 → $837 (+8.3%)

Fort White

Population

695638

Median household income

$41,000$52,315

Median home value

$167,900$192,800

Median gross rent

$758$850

Watertown

Population

3,0822,797

Median household income

$35,643$43,164

Median home value

$105,700$112,800

Median gross rent

$773$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort White	Watertown
Under 5	9.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	21.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.5%
75 and over	9.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort White	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	55.4%
Black or African American	34.0%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort White	Watertown
No high school diploma	17.7%	15.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort White	Watertown
Drove alone	60.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	27.9%	22.9%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort White	Watertown
1-unit, detached	42.0%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.5%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort White	Watertown
Poverty rate	26.5%	38.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1994	1976