Fort Green Springs vs Wauchula

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Green Springs and Wauchula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wauchula has the higher population (4,910 vs 742 in Fort Green Springs). Fort Green Springs has the higher median household income ($78,820 vs $36,324 in Wauchula). Wauchula has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $76,000 in Fort Green Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
Population	742	4,910
Median age	14.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,820	$36,324
Median home value	$76,000	$131,500
Median gross rent	—	$981
Housing units	180	2,119
Homeownership rate	61.8%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
Population	159 → 742 (+366.7%)	4,803 → 4,910 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,701 → $78,820 (+61.8%)	$35,402 → $36,324 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $76,000 (+14.5%)	$67,100 → $131,500 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$683 → $981 (+43.6%)

Fort Green Springs

Population

159742

Median household income

$48,701$78,820

Median home value

$66,400$76,000

Wauchula

Population

4,8034,910

Median household income

$35,402$36,324

Median home value

$67,100$131,500

Median gross rent

$683$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
Under 5	6.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	49.5%	26.4%
18 to 24	0.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	4.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	2.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	1.3%	4.9%
75 and over	0.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	37.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	56.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.4%
High school graduate	95.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
Drove alone	34.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	65.7%	29.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
1-unit, detached	71.7%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	28.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Green Springs	Wauchula
Poverty rate	13.8%	40.7%
Average household size	4.73	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1966	1979