Greenacres vs Wellington

A side-by-side comparison of Greenacres and Wellington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellington has the higher population (61,497 vs 43,871 in Greenacres). Wellington has the higher median household income ($110,294 vs $62,917 in Greenacres). Wellington has the higher median home value ($557,100 vs $244,700 in Greenacres).

Population, income & housing

	Greenacres	Wellington
Population	43,871	61,497
Median age	38.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$110,294
Median home value	$244,700	$557,100
Median gross rent	$1,709	$2,445
Housing units	17,605	24,285
Homeownership rate	65.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenacres	Wellington
Population	40,529 → 43,871 (+8.2%)	64,396 → 61,497 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$49,884 → $62,917 (+26.1%)	$92,586 → $110,294 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $244,700 (+50.5%)	$382,000 → $557,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,709 (+27.7%)	$1,867 → $2,445 (+31.0%)

Greenacres

Population

40,52943,871

Median household income

$49,884$62,917

Median home value

$162,600$244,700

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,709

Wellington

Population

64,39661,497

Median household income

$92,586$110,294

Median home value

$382,000$557,100

Median gross rent

$1,867$2,445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenacres	Wellington
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	8.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenacres	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	52.4%
Black or African American	27.5%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	26.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenacres	Wellington
No high school diploma	16.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenacres	Wellington
Drove alone	80.3%	71.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.1%	18.2%
Other means	2.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenacres	Wellington
1-unit, detached	32.2%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	26.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenacres	Wellington
Poverty rate	16.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1987	1995