Eatonville vs Zellwood

A side-by-side comparison of Eatonville and Zellwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eatonville has the higher population (2,582 vs 2,484 in Zellwood). Zellwood has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $35,509 in Eatonville). Eatonville has the higher median home value ($176,600 vs $157,600 in Zellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Eatonville	Zellwood
Population	2,582	2,484
Median age	41.3 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,509	$61,875
Median home value	$176,600	$157,600
Median gross rent	$1,328	—
Housing units	1,147	1,417
Homeownership rate	35.2%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatonville	Zellwood
Population	2,321 → 2,582 (+11.2%)	3,166 → 2,484 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$31,226 → $35,509 (+13.7%)	$49,148 → $61,875 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $176,600 (+42.6%)	$97,900 → $157,600 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,328 (+29.4%)	$964 → $1,010 (+4.8%)

Eatonville

Population

2,3212,582

Median household income

$31,226$35,509

Median home value

$123,800$176,600

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,328

Zellwood

Population

3,1662,484

Median household income

$49,148$61,875

Median home value

$97,900$157,600

Median gross rent

$964$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eatonville	Zellwood
Under 5	2.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	5.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	4.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	23.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	30.6%
75 and over	6.2%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatonville	Zellwood
White (non-Hispanic)	8.5%	77.1%
Black or African American	75.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatonville	Zellwood
No high school diploma	8.3%	12.8%
High school graduate	54.3%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatonville	Zellwood
Drove alone	71.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.7%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	8.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatonville	Zellwood
1-unit, detached	48.0%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	Eatonville	Zellwood
Poverty rate	30.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1973	1984