Gardner vs Wauchula

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Wauchula: population, income, housing, and more.

Gardner 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 502 in Gardner). Gardner has the higher median household income ($40,739 vs $36,324 in Wauchula). Gardner has the higher median home value ($132,100 vs $131,500 in Wauchula).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Wauchula
Population	502	4,910
Median age	64.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,739	$36,324
Median home value	$132,100	$131,500
Median gross rent	—	$981
Housing units	459	2,119
Homeownership rate	100.0%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Wauchula
Population	340 → 502 (+47.6%)	4,803 → 4,910 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$23,836 → $40,739 (+70.9%)	$35,402 → $36,324 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $132,100 (+49.9%)	$67,100 → $131,500 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$683 → $981 (+43.6%)

Gardner

Population

340502

Median household income

$23,836$40,739

Median home value

$88,100$132,100

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)

	Gardner	Wauchula
Under 5	6.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	9.2%	26.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	5.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	22.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	4.9%
75 and over	29.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Wauchula
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	37.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	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	27.5%	56.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Wauchula
No high school diploma	27.0%	20.4%
High school graduate	39.9%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Wauchula
Drove alone	11.5%	69.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	14.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	64.6%	0.4%
Other means	9.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Wauchula
1-unit, detached	16.8%	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	83.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Wauchula
Poverty rate	40.0%	40.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1997	1979