Forest City vs Wekiwa Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Forest City and Wekiwa Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest City and Wekiwa Springs are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wekiwa Springs has the higher population (24,109 vs 14,871 in Forest City). Wekiwa Springs has the higher median household income ($113,067 vs $84,337 in Forest City). Wekiwa Springs has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $364,900 in Forest City).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
Population	14,871	24,109
Median age	41.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,337	$113,067
Median home value	$364,900	$429,600
Median gross rent	$1,706	$1,914
Housing units	5,835	9,928
Homeownership rate	64.5%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
Population	14,592 → 14,871 (+1.9%)	23,512 → 24,109 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$66,679 → $84,337 (+26.5%)	$87,468 → $113,067 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$250,900 → $364,900 (+45.4%)	$295,100 → $429,600 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,706 (+43.0%)	$1,411 → $1,914 (+35.6%)

Forest City

Population

14,59214,871

Median household income

$66,679$84,337

Median home value

$250,900$364,900

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,706

Wekiwa Springs

Population

23,51224,109

Median household income

$87,468$113,067

Median home value

$295,100$429,600

Median gross rent

$1,411$1,914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
Under 5	3.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	53.6%	72.8%
Black or African American	8.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.4%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
Drove alone	73.8%	70.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	23.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
1-unit, detached	70.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	10.2%
20 or more units	8.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Wekiwa Springs
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1984	1981