Palatka vs Welaka

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

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

Palatka has the higher population (10,558 vs 1,059 in Welaka). Welaka has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $33,628 in Palatka). Welaka has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $112,300 in Palatka).

Population, income & housing

	Palatka	Welaka
Population	10,558	1,059
Median age	37.0 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,628	$51,528
Median home value	$112,300	$271,200
Median gross rent	$914	$949
Housing units	4,571	777
Homeownership rate	46.5%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palatka	Welaka
Population	10,363 → 10,558 (+1.9%)	693 → 1,059 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$26,881 → $33,628 (+25.1%)	$44,167 → $51,528 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $112,300 (+49.3%)	$100,000 → $271,200 (+171.2%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $914 (+28.0%)	$707 → $949 (+34.2%)

Palatka

Population

10,36310,558

Median household income

$26,881$33,628

Median home value

$75,200$112,300

Median gross rent

$714$914

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)

	Palatka	Welaka
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.3%
75 and over	10.0%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palatka	Welaka
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	38.8%
Black or African American	44.2%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	12.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palatka	Welaka
No high school diploma	20.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	40.9%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palatka	Welaka
Drove alone	80.9%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	21.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palatka	Welaka
1-unit, detached	58.9%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	10.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Palatka	Welaka
Poverty rate	34.1%	28.8%
Average household size	2.31	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1971	1985