Baker County vs Wakulla County

A side-by-side comparison of Baker County and Wakulla County: population, income, housing, and more.

Baker County and Wakulla County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wakulla County has the higher population (34,608 vs 28,186 in Baker County). Wakulla County has the higher median household income ($74,183 vs $70,833 in Baker County). Baker County has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $216,300 in Wakulla County).

Population, income & housing

	Baker County	Wakulla County
Population	28,186	34,608
Median age	38.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$74,183
Median home value	$225,000	$216,300
Median gross rent	$1,011	$1,155
Housing units	10,013	14,184
Homeownership rate	83.2%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker County	Wakulla County
Population	28,211 → 28,186 (-0.1%)	32,321 → 34,608 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$63,275 → $70,833 (+11.9%)	$61,410 → $74,183 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $225,000 (+62.0%)	$144,000 → $216,300 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $1,011 (+29.3%)	$896 → $1,155 (+28.9%)

Baker County

Population

28,21128,186

Median household income

$63,275$70,833

Median home value

$138,900$225,000

Median gross rent

$782$1,011

Wakulla County

Population

32,32134,608

Median household income

$61,410$74,183

Median home value

$144,000$216,300

Median gross rent

$896$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker County	Wakulla County
Under 5	6.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.7%
75 and over	5.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker County	Wakulla County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	76.9%
Black or African American	11.5%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker County	Wakulla County
No high school diploma	14.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker County	Wakulla County
Drove alone	78.9%	82.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker County	Wakulla County
1-unit, detached	60.4%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Baker County	Wakulla County
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1994	1997