Bushnell vs Wildwood

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

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

Wildwood has the higher population (16,739 vs 3,148 in Bushnell). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($71,858 vs $52,723 in Bushnell). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($419,700 vs $109,200 in Bushnell).

Population, income & housing

	Bushnell	Wildwood
Population	3,148	16,739
Median age	39.4 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,723	$71,858
Median home value	$109,200	$419,700
Median gross rent	$1,206	$1,578
Housing units	1,552	10,080
Homeownership rate	71.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushnell	Wildwood
Population	3,123 → 3,148 (+0.8%)	6,838 → 16,739 (+144.8%)
Median household income	$34,760 → $52,723 (+51.7%)	$41,968 → $71,858 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $109,200 (+101.1%)	$169,100 → $419,700 (+148.2%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,206 (+28.4%)	$968 → $1,578 (+63.0%)

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

Wildwood

Population

6,83816,739

Median household income

$41,968$71,858

Median home value

$169,100$419,700

Median gross rent

$968$1,578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bushnell	Wildwood
Under 5	2.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	11.9%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	20.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	28.7%
75 and over	10.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushnell	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	77.9%
Black or African American	4.7%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushnell	Wildwood
No high school diploma	13.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushnell	Wildwood
Drove alone	90.1%	67.6%
Carpooled	1.1%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushnell	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	35.6%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	55.5%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Bushnell	Wildwood
Poverty rate	10.6%	13.3%
Average household size	2.28	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1987	2015