Dixie County vs Jefferson County

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

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

Dixie County has the higher population (16,952 vs 14,713 in Jefferson County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($56,984 vs $47,655 in Dixie County). Jefferson County has the higher median home value ($198,800 vs $96,900 in Dixie County).

Population, income & housing

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
Population	16,952	14,713
Median age	45.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,655	$56,984
Median home value	$96,900	$198,800
Median gross rent	$792	$790
Housing units	9,365	6,815
Homeownership rate	83.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
Population	16,589 → 16,952 (+2.2%)	14,161 → 14,713 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$39,828 → $47,655 (+19.7%)	$47,240 → $56,984 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $96,900 (+23.4%)	$133,500 → $198,800 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $792 (+25.5%)	$770 → $790 (+2.6%)

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

Jefferson County

Population

14,16114,713

Median household income

$47,240$56,984

Median home value

$133,500$198,800

Median gross rent

$770$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
Under 5	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.6%
75 and over	9.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	60.1%
Black or African American	6.3%	30.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	17.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	49.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	74.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	43.3%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Dixie County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	19.3%	20.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1988	1988