Chuluota vs Fern Park

A side-by-side comparison of Chuluota and Fern Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fern Park has the higher population (8,593 vs 2,179 in Chuluota). Chuluota has the higher median household income ($85,804 vs $60,828 in Fern Park). Chuluota has the higher median home value ($371,400 vs $321,400 in Fern Park).

Population, income & housing

	Chuluota	Fern Park
Population	2,179	8,593
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,804	$60,828
Median home value	$371,400	$321,400
Median gross rent	$1,605	$1,440
Housing units	826	3,983
Homeownership rate	72.7%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chuluota	Fern Park
Population	2,629 → 2,179 (-17.1%)	8,694 → 8,593 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$78,158 → $85,804 (+9.8%)	$60,199 → $60,828 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $371,400 (+86.7%)	$219,800 → $321,400 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,284 → $1,605 (+25.0%)	$1,131 → $1,440 (+27.3%)

Chuluota

Population

2,6292,179

Median household income

$78,158$85,804

Median home value

$198,900$371,400

Median gross rent

$1,284$1,605

Fern Park

Population

8,6948,593

Median household income

$60,199$60,828

Median home value

$219,800$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chuluota	Fern Park
Under 5	11.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	21.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	7.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chuluota	Fern Park
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	68.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chuluota	Fern Park
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	34.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chuluota	Fern Park
Drove alone	80.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chuluota	Fern Park
1-unit, detached	91.3%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chuluota	Fern Park
Poverty rate	18.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1984	1974