Elfers vs Zephyrhills

A side-by-side comparison of Elfers and Zephyrhills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zephyrhills has the higher population (18,471 vs 13,877 in Elfers). Elfers has the higher median household income ($52,979 vs $49,295 in Zephyrhills). Zephyrhills has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $173,400 in Elfers).

Population, income & housing

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
Population	13,877	18,471
Median age	39.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,979	$49,295
Median home value	$173,400	$191,700
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,034
Housing units	6,793	9,285
Homeownership rate	63.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
Population	12,600 → 13,877 (+10.1%)	15,573 → 18,471 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$41,176 → $52,979 (+28.7%)	$36,260 → $49,295 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $173,400 (+113.5%)	$98,800 → $191,700 (+94.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,304 (+21.5%)	$832 → $1,034 (+24.3%)

Elfers

Population

12,60013,877

Median household income

$41,176$52,979

Median home value

$81,200$173,400

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,304

Zephyrhills

Population

15,57318,471

Median household income

$36,260$49,295

Median home value

$98,800$191,700

Median gross rent

$832$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
Under 5	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.5%
75 and over	7.6%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	71.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
No high school diploma	13.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	44.5%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
Drove alone	69.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	11.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.8%	13.8%
Other means	3.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
1-unit, detached	82.1%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	30.3%

Poverty & households

	Elfers	Zephyrhills
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1975	1987