Weeki Wachee Gardens is a city of 1,068 people in Florida. The poverty rate is 46.0%, above the 12.5% national rate. Owners hold 98% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 57% were in the same home a year ago. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 1% of residents were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,765, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 172%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Weeki Wachee Gardens
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate13.6% → 46.0%(+32.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age52.4 → 41.5(−10.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Median home value (2024 dollars)$178,805 → $414,400(+132%)US over the same years: +67%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10%(11)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.8%(24)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.5%(39)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 110 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Weeki Wachee Gardens, decade by decade
Weeki Wachee Gardens population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,181
$54,275
$178,805
13.5%
5.6
2000
1,140
$54,333
$152,108
17.3%
7.3
2010
1,146
$78,334
$281,528
14.2%
10.6
2020
1,138
$22,348
$364,339
6.4%
21.3
2024
1,068
$56,765
$414,400
19.7%
9.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
