Levy County vs Suwannee County

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

Levy 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 44,276 in Levy County). Suwannee County has the higher median household income ($55,479 vs $53,805 in Levy County). Levy County has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $160,900 in Suwannee County).

Population, income & housing

	Levy County	Suwannee County
Population	44,276	44,484
Median age	47.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,805	$55,479
Median home value	$171,400	$160,900
Median gross rent	$826	$849
Housing units	21,197	19,063
Homeownership rate	79.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Levy County	Suwannee County
Population	40,403 → 44,276 (+9.6%)	44,046 → 44,484 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$37,326 → $53,805 (+44.1%)	$47,839 → $55,479 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $171,400 (+62.2%)	$101,300 → $160,900 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $826 (+14.7%)	$722 → $849 (+17.6%)

Levy County

Population

40,40344,276

Median household income

$37,326$53,805

Median home value

$105,700$171,400

Median gross rent

$720$826

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)

	Levy County	Suwannee County
Under 5	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.4%
75 and over	10.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Levy County	Suwannee County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	73.3%
Black or African American	8.2%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Levy County	Suwannee County
No high school diploma	12.2%	15.5%
High school graduate	41.9%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Levy County	Suwannee County
Drove alone	79.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Levy County	Suwannee County
1-unit, detached	50.1%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	43.7%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Levy County	Suwannee County
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1991	1991