Chiefland vs Fanning Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Chiefland and Fanning Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chiefland has the higher population (2,078 vs 1,154 in Fanning Springs). Chiefland has the higher median household income ($55,125 vs $54,167 in Fanning Springs). Chiefland has the higher median home value ($150,600 vs $148,600 in Fanning Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
Population	2,078	1,154
Median age	38.4 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,125	$54,167
Median home value	$150,600	$148,600
Median gross rent	$839	$795
Housing units	1,025	515
Homeownership rate	40.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
Population	2,567 → 2,078 (-19.0%)	1,182 → 1,154 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$24,426 → $55,125 (+125.7%)	$33,922 → $54,167 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$102,100 → $150,600 (+47.5%)	$111,000 → $148,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $839 (+21.9%)	$634 → $795 (+25.4%)

Chiefland

Population

2,5672,078

Median household income

$24,426$55,125

Median home value

$102,100$150,600

Median gross rent

$688$839

Fanning Springs

Population

1,1821,154

Median household income

$33,922$54,167

Median home value

$111,000$148,600

Median gross rent

$634$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
Under 5	5.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	9.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	6.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.5%
75 and over	7.1%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	89.3%
Black or African American	29.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
No high school diploma	16.1%	15.4%
High school graduate	42.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
Drove alone	79.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
1-unit, detached	57.5%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	48.3%

Poverty & households

	Chiefland	Fanning Springs
Poverty rate	24.5%	17.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1975	2000