Bradford County vs Wakulla County

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

Bradford 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 27,888 in Bradford County). Wakulla County has the higher median household income ($74,183 vs $59,740 in Bradford County). Wakulla County has the higher median home value ($216,300 vs $180,300 in Bradford County).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
Population	27,888	34,608
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,740	$74,183
Median home value	$180,300	$216,300
Median gross rent	$838	$1,155
Housing units	10,826	14,184
Homeownership rate	70.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
Population	27,317 → 27,888 (+2.1%)	32,321 → 34,608 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$45,921 → $59,740 (+30.1%)	$61,410 → $74,183 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $180,300 (+62.7%)	$144,000 → $216,300 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $838 (+0.6%)	$896 → $1,155 (+28.9%)

Bradford County

Population

27,31727,888

Median household income

$45,921$59,740

Median home value

$110,800$180,300

Median gross rent

$833$838

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)

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
Under 5	5.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.7%
75 and over	7.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	76.9%
Black or African American	17.3%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
No high school diploma	17.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
Drove alone	73.6%	82.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.0%
Other means	2.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
1-unit, detached	61.2%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Bradford County	Wakulla County
Poverty rate	19.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1985	1997