Interlachen vs Welaka

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

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

Interlachen has the higher population (1,659 vs 1,059 in Welaka). Welaka has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $48,000 in Interlachen). Welaka has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $100,500 in Interlachen).

Population, income & housing

	Interlachen	Welaka
Population	1,659	1,059
Median age	43.1 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,000	$51,528
Median home value	$100,500	$271,200
Median gross rent	$778	$949
Housing units	773	777
Homeownership rate	79.3%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Interlachen	Welaka
Population	1,526 → 1,659 (+8.7%)	693 → 1,059 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $48,000 (+36.3%)	$44,167 → $51,528 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $100,500 (+45.0%)	$100,000 → $271,200 (+171.2%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $778 (+28.2%)	$707 → $949 (+34.2%)

Interlachen

Population

1,5261,659

Median household income

$35,208$48,000

Median home value

$69,300$100,500

Median gross rent

$607$778

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)

	Interlachen	Welaka
Under 5	3.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.3%
75 and over	10.8%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Interlachen	Welaka
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	38.8%
Black or African American	8.6%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	12.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Interlachen	Welaka
No high school diploma	29.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	37.5%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Interlachen	Welaka
Drove alone	82.9%	69.2%
Carpooled	15.2%	21.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Interlachen	Welaka
1-unit, detached	49.9%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	42.9%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Interlachen	Welaka
Poverty rate	30.2%	28.8%
Average household size	2.58	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1985	1985