Dixie County vs Gilchrist County

A side-by-side comparison of Dixie County and Gilchrist County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilchrist County has the higher population (18,494 vs 16,952 in Dixie County). Gilchrist County has the higher median household income ($61,070 vs $47,655 in Dixie County). Gilchrist County has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $96,900 in Dixie County).

Population, income & housing

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
Population	16,952	18,494
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,655	$61,070
Median home value	$96,900	$191,000
Median gross rent	$792	$855
Housing units	9,365	7,697
Homeownership rate	83.8%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
Population	16,589 → 16,952 (+2.2%)	17,953 → 18,494 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$39,828 → $47,655 (+19.7%)	$43,640 → $61,070 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $96,900 (+23.4%)	$104,800 → $191,000 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $792 (+25.5%)	$645 → $855 (+32.6%)

Dixie County

Population

16,58916,952

Median household income

$39,828$47,655

Median home value

$78,500$96,900

Median gross rent

$631$792

Gilchrist County

Population

17,95318,494

Median household income

$43,640$61,070

Median home value

$104,800$191,000

Median gross rent

$645$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
Under 5	4.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.8%
75 and over	9.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
No high school diploma	17.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	49.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
Drove alone	74.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
1-unit, detached	43.3%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	48.5%

Poverty & households

	Dixie County	Gilchrist County
Poverty rate	19.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1988	1997