Glades County vs Gulf County

A side-by-side comparison of Glades County and Gulf County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gulf County has the higher population (14,772 vs 12,324 in Glades County). Gulf County has the higher median household income ($67,361 vs $38,905 in Glades County). Gulf County has the higher median home value ($235,700 vs $114,800 in Glades County).

Population, income & housing

	Glades County	Gulf County
Population	12,324	14,772
Median age	45.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,905	$67,361
Median home value	$114,800	$235,700
Median gross rent	$927	$1,161
Housing units	6,612	9,142
Homeownership rate	79.7%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glades County	Gulf County
Population	13,516 → 12,324 (-8.8%)	15,576 → 14,772 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$40,977 → $38,905 (-5.1%)	$47,712 → $67,361 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $114,800 (+49.7%)	$160,700 → $235,700 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $927 (+18.7%)	$1,037 → $1,161 (+12.0%)

Glades County

Population

13,51612,324

Median household income

$40,977$38,905

Median home value

$76,700$114,800

Median gross rent

$781$927

Gulf County

Population

15,57614,772

Median household income

$47,712$67,361

Median home value

$160,700$235,700

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glades County	Gulf County
Under 5	3.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.9%
75 and over	13.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glades County	Gulf County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	77.3%
Black or African American	14.7%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glades County	Gulf County
No high school diploma	27.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glades County	Gulf County
Drove alone	72.7%	69.1%
Carpooled	17.2%	16.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.8%
Other means	2.9%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glades County	Gulf County
1-unit, detached	41.4%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Glades County	Gulf County
Poverty rate	21.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1989	1996