Okeechobee County vs Wakulla County

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

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

Okeechobee County has the higher population (40,249 vs 34,608 in Wakulla County). Wakulla County has the higher median household income ($74,183 vs $52,288 in Okeechobee County). Wakulla County has the higher median home value ($216,300 vs $179,000 in Okeechobee County).

Population, income & housing

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
Population	40,249	34,608
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,288	$74,183
Median home value	$179,000	$216,300
Median gross rent	$974	$1,155
Housing units	18,532	14,184
Homeownership rate	74.6%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
Population	41,144 → 40,249 (-2.2%)	32,321 → 34,608 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$41,760 → $52,288 (+25.2%)	$61,410 → $74,183 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $179,000 (+68.9%)	$144,000 → $216,300 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $974 (+26.2%)	$896 → $1,155 (+28.9%)

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

Wakulla County

Population

32,32134,608

Median household income

$61,410$74,183

Median home value

$144,000$216,300

Median gross rent

$896$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.7%
75 and over	9.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	76.9%
Black or African American	7.7%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
No high school diploma	20.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
Drove alone	73.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	13.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.0%
Other means	2.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
1-unit, detached	51.6%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	39.9%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Okeechobee County	Wakulla County
Poverty rate	19.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1988	1997