Sanford vs Winter Springs

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

Sanford and Winter 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 38,448 in Winter Springs). Winter Springs has the higher median household income ($86,332 vs $62,877 in Sanford). Winter Springs has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $272,900 in Sanford).

Population, income & housing

	Sanford	Winter Springs
Population	62,292	38,448
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,877	$86,332
Median home value	$272,900	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,496	$1,779
Housing units	26,069	16,594
Homeownership rate	51.1%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanford	Winter Springs
Population	59,700 → 62,292 (+4.3%)	36,342 → 38,448 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$47,217 → $62,877 (+33.2%)	$71,898 → $86,332 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$156,600 → $272,900 (+74.3%)	$246,500 → $342,400 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,496 (+34.8%)	$1,260 → $1,779 (+41.2%)

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

Winter Springs

Population

36,34238,448

Median household income

$71,898$86,332

Median home value

$246,500$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanford	Winter Springs
Under 5	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.0%
75 and over	4.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanford	Winter Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	65.5%
Black or African American	25.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.7%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanford	Winter Springs
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	30.5%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanford	Winter Springs
Drove alone	67.8%	70.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.7%	19.3%
Other means	2.2%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanford	Winter Springs
1-unit, detached	52.8%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	8.3%
20 or more units	12.6%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Sanford	Winter Springs
Poverty rate	13.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1991	1989