Jupiter vs Wellington

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

Jupiter 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 61,097 in Jupiter). Wellington has the higher median household income ($110,294 vs $109,109 in Jupiter). Wellington has the higher median home value ($557,100 vs $555,500 in Jupiter).

Population, income & housing

	Jupiter	Wellington
Population	61,097	61,497
Median age	47.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,109	$110,294
Median home value	$555,500	$557,100
Median gross rent	$2,176	$2,445
Housing units	31,260	24,285
Homeownership rate	78.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jupiter	Wellington
Population	64,565 → 61,097 (-5.4%)	64,396 → 61,497 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$86,027 → $109,109 (+26.8%)	$92,586 → $110,294 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$372,800 → $555,500 (+49.0%)	$382,000 → $557,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,644 → $2,176 (+32.4%)	$1,867 → $2,445 (+31.0%)

Jupiter

Population

64,56561,097

Median household income

$86,027$109,109

Median home value

$372,800$555,500

Median gross rent

$1,644$2,176

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)

	Jupiter	Wellington
Under 5	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.6%
75 and over	11.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jupiter	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	52.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	26.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jupiter	Wellington
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	16.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jupiter	Wellington
Drove alone	71.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.9%	18.2%
Other means	2.5%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jupiter	Wellington
1-unit, detached	44.5%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	15.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Jupiter	Wellington
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1989	1995