Longwood vs Wekiwa Springs

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

Longwood 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 15,952 in Longwood). Wekiwa Springs has the higher median household income ($113,067 vs $77,214 in Longwood). Wekiwa Springs has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $327,400 in Longwood).

Population, income & housing

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
Population	15,952	24,109
Median age	41.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,214	$113,067
Median home value	$327,400	$429,600
Median gross rent	$1,661	$1,914
Housing units	6,388	9,928
Homeownership rate	71.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
Population	14,930 → 15,952 (+6.8%)	23,512 → 24,109 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$65,805 → $77,214 (+17.3%)	$87,468 → $113,067 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $327,400 (+53.3%)	$295,100 → $429,600 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,661 (+35.5%)	$1,411 → $1,914 (+35.6%)

Longwood

Population

14,93015,952

Median household income

$65,805$77,214

Median home value

$213,600$327,400

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,661

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)

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
Under 5	5.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.1%
75 and over	8.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	72.8%
Black or African American	5.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
No high school diploma	9.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	25.0%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
Drove alone	78.6%	70.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	23.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
1-unit, detached	71.1%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	10.2%
20 or more units	11.4%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Longwood	Wekiwa Springs
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1980	1981