Gadsden County vs Suwannee County

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

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

Suwannee County has the higher population (44,484 vs 43,642 in Gadsden County). Suwannee County has the higher median household income ($55,479 vs $46,047 in Gadsden County). Suwannee County has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $154,700 in Gadsden County).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
Population	43,642	44,484
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,047	$55,479
Median home value	$154,700	$160,900
Median gross rent	$792	$849
Housing units	19,100	19,063
Homeownership rate	72.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
Population	45,945 → 43,642 (-5.0%)	44,046 → 44,484 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$41,401 → $46,047 (+11.2%)	$47,839 → $55,479 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $154,700 (+59.8%)	$101,300 → $160,900 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $792 (+16.8%)	$722 → $849 (+17.6%)

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

Suwannee County

Population

44,04644,484

Median household income

$47,839$55,479

Median home value

$101,300$160,900

Median gross rent

$722$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
Under 5	5.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.4%
75 and over	7.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	73.3%
Black or African American	54.6%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
No high school diploma	18.7%	15.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
Drove alone	81.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
1-unit, detached	64.3%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden County	Suwannee County
Poverty rate	27.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1983	1991