Spring Lake vs Weeki Wachee Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Spring Lake and Weeki Wachee Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Weeki Wachee Gardens has the higher population (1,070 vs 274 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($91,058 vs $60,909 in Weeki Wachee Gardens). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($425,000 vs $377,900 in Weeki Wachee Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
Population	274	1,070
Median age	68.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,058	$60,909
Median home value	$425,000	$377,900
Housing units	111	959
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
Population	554 → 274 (-50.5%)	1,138 → 1,070 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $91,058 (+32.4%)	$63,162 → $60,909 (-3.6%)
Median home value	$260,500 → $425,000 (+63.1%)	$258,600 → $377,900 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,071 → $886 (-17.3%)

Spring Lake

Population

554274

Median household income

$68,750$91,058

Median home value

$260,500$425,000

Weeki Wachee Gardens

Population

1,1381,070

Median household income

$63,162$60,909

Median home value

$258,600$377,900

Median gross rent

$1,071$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	1.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.7%
35 to 44	6.2%	31.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	3.2%
55 to 64	5.8%	27.4%
65 to 74	25.9%	11.7%
75 and over	32.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
No high school diploma	19.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
Drove alone	32.3%	44.1%
Carpooled	29.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.5%	44.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
1-unit, detached	89.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake	Weeki Wachee Gardens
Poverty rate	0.0%	45.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1994	1986