
Florida · Census place 24500
Fort White, FL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Fort White, Florida (Fort White, FL — Census place “Fort White town”) is 638 residents, ranking #835 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $52,315, the median home is worth $192,800 and median gross rent runs $850 a month. Looking for the Fort White Florida ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fort White, FL: 32038.
- Population
- 638Fort White town residents
- Median household income
- $52,315Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $192,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $850Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 75%Owner-occupied households
Fort White ZIP codes (Florida)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fort White.
The Fort White FL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Fort White town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fort White town median would spend about 19.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.5% of residents and 75% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Fort White town, FL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Fort White town is a very small community in Florida, with 638 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #835 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 12% of them. The median age here is 34.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Fort White town earn a median of $52,315 a year, 33.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 26.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Fort White town is valued at $192,800, 36.5% below the national figure and 37% below the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $850 a month, 39.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,200 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 638 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Fort White town against its county rather than against national figures.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Fort White town?
- Fort White town has 638 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #835 of 955 in Florida.
- What is the median household income in Fort White town?
- Median household income in Fort White town is $52,315 a year, 33.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fort White town?
- Median gross rent is $850 a month and the median home value is $192,800, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.
- Is Fort White town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fort White town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Fort White town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.