Crescent City vs Welaka

A side-by-side comparison of Crescent City and Welaka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crescent City has the higher population (1,856 vs 1,059 in Welaka). Welaka has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $32,357 in Crescent City). Welaka has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $187,500 in Crescent City).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent City	Welaka
Population	1,856	1,059
Median age	37.0 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,357	$51,528
Median home value	$187,500	$271,200
Median gross rent	$788	$949
Housing units	821	777
Homeownership rate	58.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent City	Welaka
Population	1,646 → 1,856 (+12.8%)	693 → 1,059 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$23,553 → $32,357 (+37.4%)	$44,167 → $51,528 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $187,500 (+60.3%)	$100,000 → $271,200 (+171.2%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $788 (+60.2%)	$707 → $949 (+34.2%)

Crescent City

Population

1,6461,856

Median household income

$23,553$32,357

Median home value

$117,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$492$788

Welaka

Population

6931,059

Median household income

$44,167$51,528

Median home value

$100,000$271,200

Median gross rent

$707$949

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent City	Welaka
Under 5	7.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.3%
75 and over	10.6%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent City	Welaka
White (non-Hispanic)	46.4%	38.8%
Black or African American	28.8%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	12.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent City	Welaka
No high school diploma	18.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent City	Welaka
Drove alone	69.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	21.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	6.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent City	Welaka
1-unit, detached	68.8%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Crescent City	Welaka
Poverty rate	37.3%	28.8%
Average household size	2.58	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1972	1985