Brooksville vs North Weeki Wachee

A side-by-side comparison of Brooksville and North Weeki Wachee: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooksville and North Weeki Wachee are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brooksville has the higher population (9,235 vs 7,967 in North Weeki Wachee). North Weeki Wachee has the higher median household income ($63,235 vs $47,796 in Brooksville). North Weeki Wachee has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $112,400 in Brooksville).

Population, income & housing

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
Population	9,235	7,967
Median age	52.4 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,796	$63,235
Median home value	$112,400	$286,900
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,417
Housing units	5,010	4,263
Homeownership rate	62.2%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
Population	8,191 → 9,235 (+12.7%)	8,238 → 7,967 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$32,203 → $47,796 (+48.4%)	$48,224 → $63,235 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $112,400 (+82.5%)	$172,800 → $286,900 (+66.0%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $1,070 (+34.1%)	$748 → $1,417 (+89.4%)

Brooksville

Population

8,1919,235

Median household income

$32,203$47,796

Median home value

$61,600$112,400

Median gross rent

$798$1,070

North Weeki Wachee

Population

8,2387,967

Median household income

$48,224$63,235

Median home value

$172,800$286,900

Median gross rent

$748$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
Under 5	4.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	18.9%	19.1%
75 and over	12.8%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	81.8%
Black or African American	13.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
Drove alone	79.9%	66.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	16.1%
Public transit	2.4%	0.4%
Walked	3.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
1-unit, detached	41.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Brooksville	North Weeki Wachee
Poverty rate	22.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1982	1993