Side-by-side metrics and state or size-class ranks use the same Census and FBI fields shown on this profile. Results stay in the URL so you can bookmark or share them.
Place dossier plate
SheetFL-WEWAHITCHKA-FL · Wewahitchka, FL 1,904 pop · income 21st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Wewahitchka
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Wewahitchka on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Durant · lowest
28,050
Durant · lowest
28,050 median HH income
19.3% of the leader · rank #1
Fredericksbur… · near
51,292
Fredericksbur… · near
51,292 median HH income
35.2% of the leader · rank #2
Wewahitchka · this city
51,296
Wewahitchka · this city
51,296 median HH income
35.2% of the leader · rank #3
McRae-Helena · near
51,296
McRae-Helena · near
51,296 median HH income
35.2% of the leader · rank #4
Camden · near
51,300
Camden · near
51,300 median HH income
35.2% of the leader · rank #5
Westport · near
51,300
Westport · near
51,300 median HH income
35.2% of the leader · rank #6
Navesink · highest
145,708
Navesink · highest
145,708 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Wewahitchka on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,904.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Wewahitchka places in the 21st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
21st
percentile, household income
38th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Wewahitchka, FL
1,904 people live in Wewahitchka, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $51,296 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 23.7%. Home values in Wewahitchka run a median of $185,400, and the median resident age is 30.8 years. 20.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 66.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 67.1°F with 63.1 inches of precipitation per year.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Wewahitchka report an average commute of 17.8 minutes, with 68.4% driving alone and 6.3% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Wewahitchka's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to climate and hazard context to schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Wewahitchka, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Wewahitchka?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.8 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Is Wewahitchka growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +130 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.2% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What physical conditions frame life in Wewahitchka?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 67.1°F, with 63.1 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Florida is 75.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Wewahitchka?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Washington Park (1,896 residents, $51,563 income); Cabana Colony (1,930 residents, $100,469 income); Atlantis (1,940 residents, $111,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Durant, IA (1,904 residents); Ida Grove, IA (1,904 residents); Clearwater, MN (1,904 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Wewahitchka?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 20.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
23.7%
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%
Matched public schools
3
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Wewahitchka?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 23.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.6×
Home value
$185,400
Household income
$51,296
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Low income · poverty 23.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Wewahitchka, FL
22/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$51,296
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
23.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Wewahitchka profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 37/100 (F) · 20.8%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,296
Poverty rate: 8/100 (F) · 23.7%
How does Wewahitchka compare to other US cities?
Here's how Wewahitchka stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income21% higher than other cities
Home value38% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Wewahitchka against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Wewahitchka near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Wewahitchka ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Wewahitchka only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#729 of 903
19th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#713 of 894
20th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#78 of 930
92nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#588 of 930
37th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
21st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Wewahitchka's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$185,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 62% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Wewahitchka's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,411 of 15,516
More affordable than 39% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,542 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.6×, Wewahitchka sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,411 of 15,516 and #7,542 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$51,296Wewahitchka, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Wewahitchka, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Wewahitchka, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,904
Median Income
$51,296
Median Home Value
$185,400
Median Age
30.8
Poverty Rate
23.7%
Labor force participation
66.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.8%
Climate
Avg Temperature
67.1°F
Annual Precipitation
63.1"
Annual Snowfall
0.0"
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Wewahitchka's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,083 residents
2021
2,095 residents
2022
2,138 residents
2023
2,191 residents
2024
2,195 residents
2025
2,213 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.8 minutes
Drive Alone
68.4%
Carpool
14.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
9.1%
Work from Home
6.3%
Other
1.9%
Based on 956 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Wewahitchka. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Wewahitchka is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Wewahitchka sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Wewahitchka compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.