Gadsden County vs Okeechobee County

A side-by-side comparison of Gadsden County and Okeechobee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gadsden County has the higher population (43,642 vs 40,249 in Okeechobee County). Okeechobee County has the higher median household income ($52,288 vs $46,047 in Gadsden County). Okeechobee County has the higher median home value ($179,000 vs $154,700 in Gadsden County).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
Population	43,642	40,249
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,047	$52,288
Median home value	$154,700	$179,000
Median gross rent	$792	$974
Housing units	19,100	18,532
Homeownership rate	72.9%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
Population	45,945 → 43,642 (-5.0%)	41,144 → 40,249 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$41,401 → $46,047 (+11.2%)	$41,760 → $52,288 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $154,700 (+59.8%)	$106,000 → $179,000 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $792 (+16.8%)	$772 → $974 (+26.2%)

Gadsden County

Population

45,94543,642

Median household income

$41,401$46,047

Median home value

$96,800$154,700

Median gross rent

$678$792

Okeechobee County

Population

41,14440,249

Median household income

$41,760$52,288

Median home value

$106,000$179,000

Median gross rent

$772$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.6%
75 and over	7.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	62.7%
Black or African American	54.6%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
No high school diploma	18.7%	20.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
Drove alone	81.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	13.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
1-unit, detached	64.3%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	39.9%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden County	Okeechobee County
Poverty rate	27.7%	19.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1983	1988