Lake Panasoffkee vs Wildwood

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

Lake Panasoffkee 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 4,525 in Lake Panasoffkee). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($71,858 vs $46,002 in Lake Panasoffkee). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($419,700 vs $133,300 in Lake Panasoffkee).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
Population	4,525	16,739
Median age	48.9 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,002	$71,858
Median home value	$133,300	$419,700
Median gross rent	$962	$1,578
Housing units	2,756	10,080
Homeownership rate	68.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
Population	3,197 → 4,525 (+41.5%)	6,838 → 16,739 (+144.8%)
Median household income	$35,842 → $46,002 (+28.3%)	$41,968 → $71,858 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $133,300 (+65.2%)	$169,100 → $419,700 (+148.2%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $962 (+14.8%)	$968 → $1,578 (+63.0%)

Lake Panasoffkee

Population

3,1974,525

Median household income

$35,842$46,002

Median home value

$80,700$133,300

Median gross rent

$838$962

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)

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
Under 5	4.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	4.9%
45 to 54	18.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	28.7%
75 and over	8.5%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	77.9%
Black or African American	8.2%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
No high school diploma	16.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
Drove alone	84.0%	67.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.5%
Other means	2.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	51.8%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	40.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Panasoffkee	Wildwood
Poverty rate	26.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.11	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1980	2015