Clewiston vs Fort Denaud

A side-by-side comparison of Clewiston and Fort Denaud: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clewiston has the higher population (7,257 vs 1,396 in Fort Denaud). Clewiston has the higher median household income ($57,110 vs $51,023 in Fort Denaud). Fort Denaud has the higher median home value ($325,500 vs $210,000 in Clewiston).

Population, income & housing

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
Population	7,257	1,396
Median age	35.1 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,110	$51,023
Median home value	$210,000	$325,500
Median gross rent	$729	—
Housing units	2,957	790
Homeownership rate	61.8%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
Population	7,781 → 7,257 (-6.7%)	1,769 → 1,396 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$41,759 → $57,110 (+36.8%)	$54,531 → $51,023 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $210,000 (+86.5%)	$135,400 → $325,500 (+140.4%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $729 (-3.1%)	$613 → $833 (+35.9%)

Clewiston

Population

7,7817,257

Median household income

$41,759$57,110

Median home value

$112,600$210,000

Median gross rent

$752$729

Fort Denaud

Population

1,7691,396

Median household income

$54,531$51,023

Median home value

$135,400$325,500

Median gross rent

$613$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
Under 5	8.9%	0.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	1.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	26.4%
75 and over	6.5%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	77.4%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
No high school diploma	28.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
Drove alone	67.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	14.5%	12.7%
Public transit	6.4%	3.7%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	15.9%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
1-unit, detached	57.7%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	49.6%

Poverty & households

	Clewiston	Fort Denaud
Poverty rate	10.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1982	1998