Orchid vs Wabasso

A side-by-side comparison of Orchid and Wabasso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wabasso has the higher population (1,648 vs 553 in Orchid). Orchid has the higher median household income ($136,875 vs $66,771 in Wabasso). Orchid has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $413,600 in Wabasso).

Population, income & housing

	Orchid	Wabasso
Population	553	1,648
Median age	67.3 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$136,875	$66,771
Median home value	$2,000,001	$413,600
Median gross rent	—	$944
Housing units	492	781
Homeownership rate	99.4%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	91.3%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchid	Wabasso
Population	516 → 553 (+7.2%)	530 → 1,648 (+210.9%)
Median household income	$139,611 → $136,875 (-2.0%)	$39,226 → $66,771 (+70.2%)
Median home value	$1,176,200 → $2,000,001 (+70.0%)	$471,200 → $413,600 (-12.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$622 → $944 (+51.8%)

Orchid

Population

516553

Median household income

$139,611$136,875

Median home value

$1,176,200$2,000,001

Wabasso

Population

5301,648

Median household income

$39,226$66,771

Median home value

$471,200$413,600

Median gross rent

$622$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	1.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	1.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	0.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	28.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	27.3%	11.2%
75 and over	29.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	41.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	29.2%
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	0.9%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchid	Wabasso
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	2.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	6.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	67.6%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso
Drove alone	77.4%	66.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	12.3%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	21.7%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso
1-unit, detached	80.7%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Orchid	Wabasso
Poverty rate	12.8%	2.6%
Average household size	1.79	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	106	14
Median year structure built	2003	1993