Okeechobee County vs Suwannee County

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

Okeechobee 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 40,249 in Okeechobee County). Suwannee County has the higher median household income ($55,479 vs $52,288 in Okeechobee County). Okeechobee County has the higher median home value ($179,000 vs $160,900 in Suwannee County).

Population, income & housing

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
Population	40,249	44,484
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,288	$55,479
Median home value	$179,000	$160,900
Median gross rent	$974	$849
Housing units	18,532	19,063
Homeownership rate	74.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
Population	41,144 → 40,249 (-2.2%)	44,046 → 44,484 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$41,760 → $52,288 (+25.2%)	$47,839 → $55,479 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $179,000 (+68.9%)	$101,300 → $160,900 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $974 (+26.2%)	$722 → $849 (+17.6%)

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

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)

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
Under 5	5.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.4%
75 and over	9.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	73.3%
Black or African American	7.7%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
No high school diploma	20.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
Drove alone	73.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
1-unit, detached	51.6%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	39.9%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Okeechobee County	Suwannee County
Poverty rate	19.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1988	1991