Lemon Grove vs Wauchula

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

Lemon Grove 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 418 in Lemon Grove). Wauchula has the higher median household income ($36,324 vs $33,750 in Lemon Grove). Since 2019, Wauchula's population has grown faster (+2.2% vs -16.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
Population	418	4,910
Median age	41.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$36,324
Median home value	—	$131,500
Median gross rent	$910	$981
Housing units	292	2,119
Homeownership rate	60.8%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
Population	501 → 418 (-16.6%)	4,803 → 4,910 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$51,667 → $33,750 (-34.7%)	$35,402 → $36,324 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $237,900 (+12.9%)	$67,100 → $131,500 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $910 (+22.8%)	$683 → $981 (+43.6%)

Lemon Grove

Population

501418

Median household income

$51,667$33,750

Median home value

$210,800$237,900

Median gross rent

$741$910

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)

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
Under 5	9.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	26.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	2.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	19.9%	4.9%
75 and over	6.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	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	2.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	56.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
No high school diploma	10.9%	20.4%
High school graduate	39.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
Drove alone	91.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	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)

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
1-unit, detached	38.4%	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	61.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Lemon Grove	Wauchula
Poverty rate	33.5%	40.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	2007	1979