Monticello vs Wacissa

A side-by-side comparison of Monticello and Wacissa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monticello has the higher population (2,627 vs 328 in Wacissa). Wacissa has the higher median household income ($118,144 vs $44,920 in Monticello). Since 2019, Monticello's population has grown faster (+16.9% vs -26.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Monticello	Wacissa
Population	2,627	328
Median age	46.9 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,920	$118,144
Median home value	$192,500	—
Median gross rent	$797	$879
Housing units	1,412	281
Homeownership rate	60.8%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	18.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monticello	Wacissa
Population	2,248 → 2,627 (+16.9%)	447 → 328 (-26.6%)
Median household income	$47,009 → $44,920 (-4.4%)	$58,375 → $118,144 (+102.4%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $192,500 (+89.7%)	$84,800 → $56,900 (-32.9%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $797 (-2.3%)	$908 → $879 (-3.2%)

Monticello

Population

2,2482,627

Median household income

$47,009$44,920

Median home value

$101,500$192,500

Median gross rent

$816$797

Wacissa

Population

447328

Median household income

$58,375$118,144

Median home value

$84,800$56,900

Median gross rent

$908$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monticello	Wacissa
Under 5	7.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	25.0%
75 and over	13.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monticello	Wacissa
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	69.5%
Black or African American	41.1%	14.9%
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	1.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monticello	Wacissa
No high school diploma	14.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monticello	Wacissa
Drove alone	73.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	0.0%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monticello	Wacissa
1-unit, detached	66.7%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	63.3%

Poverty & households

	Monticello	Wacissa
Poverty rate	19.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1979	1977