Orchid vs Wabasso Beach

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

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

Wabasso Beach has the higher population (1,966 vs 553 in Orchid). Orchid has the higher median household income ($136,875 vs $119,901 in Wabasso Beach). Orchid has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $614,100 in Wabasso Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
Population	553	1,966
Median age	67.3 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$136,875	$119,901
Median home value	$2,000,001	$614,100
Housing units	492	1,461
Homeownership rate	99.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	91.3%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
Population	516 → 553 (+7.2%)	1,775 → 1,966 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$139,611 → $136,875 (-2.0%)	$87,125 → $119,901 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$1,176,200 → $2,000,001 (+70.0%)	$485,900 → $614,100 (+26.4%)

Orchid

Population

516553

Median household income

$139,611$136,875

Median home value

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

Wabasso Beach

Population

1,7751,966

Median household income

$87,125$119,901

Median home value

$485,900$614,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	2.1%
25 to 34	1.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	1.2%
45 to 54	0.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	28.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	27.3%	29.1%
75 and over	29.1%	38.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	6.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	67.6%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
Drove alone	77.4%	91.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.9%
Worked from home	13.2%	3.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
1-unit, detached	80.7%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	14.9%
20 or more units	2.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orchid	Wabasso Beach
Poverty rate	12.8%	4.5%
Average household size	1.79	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	106	16
Median year structure built	2003	1995