Jay vs Whitfield

A side-by-side comparison of Jay and Whitfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jay has the higher population (706 vs 626 in Whitfield). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($64,125 vs $36,964 in Jay). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($231,100 vs $126,800 in Jay).

Population, income & housing

	Jay	Whitfield
Population	706	626
Median age	37.0 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,964	$64,125
Median home value	$126,800	$231,100
Median gross rent	$1,008	—
Housing units	335	153
Homeownership rate	43.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jay	Whitfield
Population	423 → 706 (+66.9%)	294 → 626 (+112.9%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $36,964 (+1.2%)	$85,489 → $64,125 (-25.0%)
Median home value	$76,200 → $126,800 (+66.4%)	$158,300 → $231,100 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,008 (+8.9%)	—

Jay

Population

423706

Median household income

$36,528$36,964

Median home value

$76,200$126,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,008

Whitfield

Population

294626

Median household income

$85,489$64,125

Median home value

$158,300$231,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jay	Whitfield
Under 5	8.4%	12.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	7.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	19.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	19.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	29.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.8%
75 and over	3.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jay	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.6%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jay	Whitfield
No high school diploma	30.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	27.8%	71.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	12.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jay	Whitfield
Drove alone	67.3%	53.3%
Carpooled	21.3%	39.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	4.3%
Other means	4.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jay	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	72.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Jay	Whitfield
Poverty rate	33.5%	18.2%
Average household size	2.64	4.09
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1972	1981