Samoset vs Whitfield

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

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

Whitfield has the higher population (4,745 vs 4,433 in Samoset). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($102,200 vs $51,780 in Samoset). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($415,200 vs $171,400 in Samoset).

Population, income & housing

	Samoset	Whitfield
Population	4,433	4,745
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,780	$102,200
Median home value	$171,400	$415,200
Median gross rent	$1,355	$2,059
Housing units	1,343	1,873
Homeownership rate	63.2%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Samoset	Whitfield
Population	4,399 → 4,433 (+0.8%)	3,743 → 4,745 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$36,966 → $51,780 (+40.1%)	$85,391 → $102,200 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $171,400 (+65.3%)	$261,000 → $415,200 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,355 (+28.8%)	$1,042 → $2,059 (+97.6%)

Samoset

Population

4,3994,433

Median household income

$36,966$51,780

Median home value

$103,700$171,400

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,355

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)

	Samoset	Whitfield
Under 5	4.7%	10.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.4%
75 and over	6.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Samoset	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	70.7%
Black or African American	21.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Samoset	Whitfield
No high school diploma	44.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Samoset	Whitfield
Drove alone	74.6%	72.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.3%	18.6%
Other means	3.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Samoset	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	92.3%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Samoset	Whitfield
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.7%
Average household size	3.35	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1973	1970