Fort Meade vs Wahneta

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

Fort Meade and Wahneta 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 4,464 in Wahneta). Wahneta has the higher median household income ($51,795 vs $35,131 in Fort Meade). Fort Meade has the higher median home value ($141,500 vs $70,900 in Wahneta).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
Population	5,172	4,464
Median age	43.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,131	$51,795
Median home value	$141,500	$70,900
Median gross rent	$919	$971
Housing units	2,768	1,419
Homeownership rate	71.0%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
Population	6,104 → 5,172 (-15.3%)	4,862 → 4,464 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$44,325 → $35,131 (-20.7%)	$33,621 → $51,795 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $141,500 (+81.6%)	$61,600 → $70,900 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $919 (+19.2%)	$732 → $971 (+32.7%)

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

Wahneta

Population

4,8624,464

Median household income

$33,621$51,795

Median home value

$61,600$70,900

Median gross rent

$732$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
Under 5	6.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	28.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	19.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.4%
75 and over	15.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	33.1%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	66.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
No high school diploma	23.5%	34.8%
High school graduate	45.1%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
Drove alone	80.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
1-unit, detached	66.1%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Meade	Wahneta
Poverty rate	23.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.37	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1975	1971