Windermere vs Zellwood

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

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

Windermere has the higher population (3,034 vs 2,484 in Zellwood). Windermere has the higher median household income ($156,042 vs $61,875 in Zellwood). Windermere has the higher median home value ($906,600 vs $157,600 in Zellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Windermere	Zellwood
Population	3,034	2,484
Median age	52.7 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$156,042	$61,875
Median home value	$906,600	$157,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	1,362	1,417
Homeownership rate	94.7%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Windermere	Zellwood
Population	3,430 → 3,034 (-11.5%)	3,166 → 2,484 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$153,348 → $156,042 (+1.8%)	$49,148 → $61,875 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$595,000 → $906,600 (+52.4%)	$97,900 → $157,600 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,588 → $3,501 (+35.3%)	$964 → $1,010 (+4.8%)

Windermere

Population

3,4303,034

Median household income

$153,348$156,042

Median home value

$595,000$906,600

Median gross rent

$2,588$3,501

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)

	Windermere	Zellwood
Under 5	5.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	5.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	4.3%
55 to 64	20.7%	23.4%
65 to 74	16.2%	30.6%
75 and over	9.5%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Windermere	Zellwood
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	77.1%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Windermere	Zellwood
No high school diploma	2.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	8.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Windermere	Zellwood
Drove alone	61.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Windermere	Zellwood
1-unit, detached	99.1%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	Windermere	Zellwood
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1988	1984