The Villages vs Wildwood

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

The Villages and Wildwood 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 16,739 in Wildwood). The Villages has the higher median household income ($76,523 vs $71,858 in Wildwood). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($419,700 vs $375,100 in The Villages).

Population, income & housing

	The Villages	Wildwood
Population	82,108	16,739
Median age	73.6 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,523	$71,858
Median home value	$375,100	$419,700
Median gross rent	$1,541	$1,578
Housing units	56,329	10,080
Homeownership rate	94.2%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	The Villages	Wildwood
Population	79,372 → 82,108 (+3.4%)	6,838 → 16,739 (+144.8%)
Median household income	$63,841 → $76,523 (+19.9%)	$41,968 → $71,858 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$280,300 → $375,100 (+33.8%)	$169,100 → $419,700 (+148.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,683 → $1,541 (-8.4%)	$968 → $1,578 (+63.0%)

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

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)

	The Villages	Wildwood
Under 5	0.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	0.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	0.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	0.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	1.0%	4.9%
45 to 54	2.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	43.1%	28.7%
75 and over	42.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	The Villages	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	The Villages	Wildwood
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	23.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	The Villages	Wildwood
Drove alone	55.8%	67.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	14.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	13.5%
Other means	10.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	The Villages	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	95.8%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	The Villages	Wildwood
Poverty rate	4.3%	13.3%
Average household size	1.74	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	2007	2015