Dade City vs Zephyrhills South

A side-by-side comparison of Dade City and Zephyrhills South: population, income, housing, and more.

Dade City and Zephyrhills South are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dade City has the higher population (7,570 vs 5,422 in Zephyrhills South). Dade City has the higher median household income ($63,041 vs $39,884 in Zephyrhills South). Dade City has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $41,900 in Zephyrhills South).

Population, income & housing

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
Population	7,570	5,422
Median age	42.6 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,041	$39,884
Median home value	$211,900	$41,900
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,073
Housing units	3,213	4,222
Homeownership rate	65.3%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
Population	7,121 → 7,570 (+6.3%)	5,637 → 5,422 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$46,635 → $63,041 (+35.2%)	$33,923 → $39,884 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $211,900 (+99.3%)	$30,300 → $41,900 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,002 (-5.6%)	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)

Dade City

Population

7,1217,570

Median household income

$46,635$63,041

Median home value

$106,300$211,900

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,002

Zephyrhills South

Population

5,6375,422

Median household income

$33,923$39,884

Median home value

$30,300$41,900

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
Under 5	3.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	9.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	18.7%
75 and over	12.9%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	81.2%
Black or African American	13.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
No high school diploma	16.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
Drove alone	80.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.3%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
1-unit, detached	65.6%	13.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	85.7%

Poverty & households

	Dade City	Zephyrhills South
Poverty rate	12.7%	17.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1977	1985