Pomona Park vs Welaka

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

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

Welaka has the higher population (1,059 vs 903 in Pomona Park). Welaka has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $41,953 in Pomona Park). Welaka has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $150,500 in Pomona Park).

Population, income & housing

	Pomona Park	Welaka
Population	903	1,059
Median age	34.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,953	$51,528
Median home value	$150,500	$271,200
Median gross rent	$900	$949
Housing units	457	777
Homeownership rate	72.3%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomona Park	Welaka
Population	1,120 → 903 (-19.4%)	693 → 1,059 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $41,953 (+34.5%)	$44,167 → $51,528 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $150,500 (+101.2%)	$100,000 → $271,200 (+171.2%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $900 (+10.3%)	$707 → $949 (+34.2%)

Pomona Park

Population

1,120903

Median household income

$31,184$41,953

Median home value

$74,800$150,500

Median gross rent

$816$900

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)

	Pomona Park	Welaka
Under 5	5.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	25.2%	9.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.3%
75 and over	5.8%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomona Park	Welaka
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	38.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	12.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomona Park	Welaka
No high school diploma	22.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	40.5%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomona Park	Welaka
Drove alone	71.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	13.5%	21.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomona Park	Welaka
1-unit, detached	59.3%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	40.3%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Pomona Park	Welaka
Poverty rate	32.7%	28.8%
Average household size	2.80	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1979	1985