Wauchula vs Zolfo Springs

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

Wauchula and Zolfo Springs 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 1,825 in Zolfo Springs). Zolfo Springs has the higher median household income ($53,587 vs $36,324 in Wauchula). Wauchula has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $99,000 in Zolfo Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
Population	4,910	1,825
Median age	35.1 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,324	$53,587
Median home value	$131,500	$99,000
Median gross rent	$981	$958
Housing units	2,119	625
Homeownership rate	46.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
Population	4,803 → 4,910 (+2.2%)	1,892 → 1,825 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$35,402 → $36,324 (+2.6%)	$36,371 → $53,587 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $131,500 (+96.0%)	$51,700 → $99,000 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $981 (+43.6%)	$727 → $958 (+31.8%)

Wauchula

Population

4,8034,910

Median household income

$35,402$36,324

Median home value

$67,100$131,500

Median gross rent

$683$981

Zolfo Springs

Population

1,8921,825

Median household income

$36,371$53,587

Median home value

$51,700$99,000

Median gross rent

$727$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
Under 5	8.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	26.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	14.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	4.9%	5.4%
75 and over	7.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	37.5%	17.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	56.6%	71.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
No high school diploma	20.4%	40.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
Drove alone	69.2%	69.1%
Carpooled	29.5%	26.7%
Public transit	0.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	2.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
1-unit, detached	58.2%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	27.1%	0.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Wauchula	Zolfo Springs
Poverty rate	40.7%	24.9%
Average household size	2.54	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1979	1976