Fort Meade vs Fussels Corner

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Meade and Fussels Corner: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Meade and Fussels Corner are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Meade has the higher population (5,172 vs 5,113 in Fussels Corner). Fussels Corner has the higher median household income ($55,263 vs $35,131 in Fort Meade). Fort Meade has the higher median home value ($141,500 vs $80,700 in Fussels Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
Population	5,172	5,113
Median age	43.8 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,131	$55,263
Median home value	$141,500	$80,700
Median gross rent	$919	$778
Housing units	2,768	2,953
Homeownership rate	71.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
Population	6,104 → 5,172 (-15.3%)	4,477 → 5,113 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$44,325 → $35,131 (-20.7%)	$41,766 → $55,263 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $141,500 (+81.6%)	$53,600 → $80,700 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $919 (+19.2%)	$706 → $778 (+10.2%)

Fort Meade

Population

6,1045,172

Median household income

$44,325$35,131

Median home value

$77,900$141,500

Median gross rent

$771$919

Fussels Corner

Population

4,4775,113

Median household income

$41,766$55,263

Median home value

$53,600$80,700

Median gross rent

$706$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	20.0%
75 and over	15.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	69.7%
Black or African American	13.4%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
No high school diploma	23.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
Drove alone	80.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
1-unit, detached	66.1%	18.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	79.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Meade	Fussels Corner
Poverty rate	23.9%	21.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1975	1992