Sanford vs Wekiwa Springs

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

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

Sanford has the higher population (62,292 vs 24,109 in Wekiwa Springs). Wekiwa Springs has the higher median household income ($113,067 vs $62,877 in Sanford). Wekiwa Springs has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $272,900 in Sanford).

Population, income & housing

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
Population	62,292	24,109
Median age	36.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,877	$113,067
Median home value	$272,900	$429,600
Median gross rent	$1,496	$1,914
Housing units	26,069	9,928
Homeownership rate	51.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
Population	59,700 → 62,292 (+4.3%)	23,512 → 24,109 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$47,217 → $62,877 (+33.2%)	$87,468 → $113,067 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$156,600 → $272,900 (+74.3%)	$295,100 → $429,600 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,496 (+34.8%)	$1,411 → $1,914 (+35.6%)

Sanford

Population

59,70062,292

Median household income

$47,217$62,877

Median home value

$156,600$272,900

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,496

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)

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.1%
75 and over	4.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	72.8%
Black or African American	25.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
Drove alone	67.8%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	23.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
1-unit, detached	52.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	12.6%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Sanford	Wekiwa Springs
Poverty rate	13.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1991	1981