DeFuniak Springs vs Paxton

A side-by-side comparison of DeFuniak Springs and Paxton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

DeFuniak Springs has the higher population (6,284 vs 621 in Paxton). Paxton has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $51,883 in DeFuniak Springs). DeFuniak Springs has the higher median home value ($163,200 vs $121,900 in Paxton).

Population, income & housing

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
Population	6,284	621
Median age	34.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,883	$57,917
Median home value	$163,200	$121,900
Median gross rent	$821	$876
Housing units	2,706	295
Homeownership rate	67.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
Population	6,448 → 6,284 (-2.5%)	743 → 621 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$41,964 → $51,883 (+23.6%)	$35,789 → $57,917 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $163,200 (+34.1%)	$111,000 → $121,900 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $821 (+10.1%)	$611 → $876 (+43.4%)

DeFuniak Springs

Population

6,4486,284

Median household income

$41,964$51,883

Median home value

$121,700$163,200

Median gross rent

$746$821

Paxton

Population

743621

Median household income

$35,789$57,917

Median home value

$111,000$121,900

Median gross rent

$611$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
Under 5	7.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	21.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	23.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	18.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.7%
75 and over	7.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	79.1%
Black or African American	22.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
No high school diploma	18.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	32.9%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
Drove alone	75.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	14.9%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
1-unit, detached	79.5%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	DeFuniak Springs	Paxton
Poverty rate	19.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1978	1975