Bushnell vs The Villages

A side-by-side comparison of Bushnell and The Villages: population, income, housing, and more.

Bushnell and The Villages are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

The Villages has the higher population (82,108 vs 3,148 in Bushnell). The Villages has the higher median household income ($76,523 vs $52,723 in Bushnell). The Villages has the higher median home value ($375,100 vs $109,200 in Bushnell).

Population, income & housing

	Bushnell	The Villages
Population	3,148	82,108
Median age	39.4 yrs	73.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,723	$76,523
Median home value	$109,200	$375,100
Median gross rent	$1,206	$1,541
Housing units	1,552	56,329
Homeownership rate	71.8%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushnell	The Villages
Population	3,123 → 3,148 (+0.8%)	79,372 → 82,108 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$34,760 → $52,723 (+51.7%)	$63,841 → $76,523 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $109,200 (+101.1%)	$280,300 → $375,100 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,206 (+28.4%)	$1,683 → $1,541 (-8.4%)

Bushnell

Population

3,1233,148

Median household income

$34,760$52,723

Median home value

$54,300$109,200

Median gross rent

$939$1,206

The Villages

Population

79,37282,108

Median household income

$63,841$76,523

Median home value

$280,300$375,100

Median gross rent

$1,683$1,541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bushnell	The Villages
Under 5	2.6%	0.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	0.2%
18 to 24	11.9%	0.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	0.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	1.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	2.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	43.1%
75 and over	10.6%	42.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushnell	The Villages
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	95.7%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushnell	The Villages
No high school diploma	13.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushnell	The Villages
Drove alone	90.1%	55.8%
Carpooled	1.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	29.7%
Other means	0.0%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushnell	The Villages
1-unit, detached	35.6%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	55.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bushnell	The Villages
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.28	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1987	2007