Cortez vs Whitfield

A side-by-side comparison of Cortez and Whitfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cortez has the higher population (5,323 vs 4,745 in Whitfield). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($102,200 vs $76,915 in Cortez). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($415,200 vs $388,500 in Cortez).

Population, income & housing

	Cortez	Whitfield
Population	5,323	4,745
Median age	62.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,915	$102,200
Median home value	$388,500	$415,200
Median gross rent	$1,912	$2,059
Housing units	3,954	1,873
Homeownership rate	85.5%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortez	Whitfield
Population	4,377 → 5,323 (+21.6%)	3,743 → 4,745 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$53,419 → $76,915 (+44.0%)	$85,391 → $102,200 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$289,100 → $388,500 (+34.4%)	$261,000 → $415,200 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,912 (+57.8%)	$1,042 → $2,059 (+97.6%)

Cortez

Population

4,3775,323

Median household income

$53,419$76,915

Median home value

$289,100$388,500

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,912

Whitfield

Population

3,7434,745

Median household income

$85,391$102,200

Median home value

$261,000$415,200

Median gross rent

$1,042$2,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortez	Whitfield
Under 5	3.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	5.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	6.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	22.7%	8.4%
75 and over	22.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortez	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	70.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortez	Whitfield
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	19.7%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortez	Whitfield
Drove alone	75.1%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	11.1%	18.6%
Other means	3.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortez	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	38.1%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cortez	Whitfield
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1975	1970