East Williston vs Fanning Springs

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

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

Fanning Springs has the higher population (1,154 vs 671 in East Williston). Since 2019, Fanning Springs's population has grown faster (-2.4% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
Population	671	1,154
Median age	51.3 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,167
Median home value	—	$148,600
Median gross rent	$744	$795
Housing units	354	515
Homeownership rate	24.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	22.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
Population	697 → 671 (-3.7%)	1,182 → 1,154 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $18,816 (-14.0%)	$33,922 → $54,167 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$229,500 → $234,700 (+2.3%)	$111,000 → $148,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $744 (+15.5%)	$634 → $795 (+25.4%)

East Williston

Population

697671

Median household income

$21,875$18,816

Median home value

$229,500$234,700

Median gross rent

$644$744

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)

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	0.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	26.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.5%
75 and over	6.0%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	60.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
No high school diploma	39.1%	15.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
Drove alone	49.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	50.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
1-unit, detached	49.7%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	50.3%	48.3%

Poverty & households

	East Williston	Fanning Springs
Poverty rate	59.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1992	2000