32779Wekiwa Springs, Florida

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 32779.

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How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 24% of 6,210 ZIP areas measured68
SchoolsTop 4% of 4,422 ZIP areas measured89
Housing affordabilityTop 40% of 6,685 ZIP areas measured86
ClimateTop 19% of 6,789 ZIP areas measured79
Physical resilience3851st of 6,709 ZIP areas measured50
AccessTop 16% of 6,791 ZIP areas measured99
Economic stabilityTop 24% of 6,742 ZIP areas measured73
The quick read

32779 ranks in the top 24% of published ZIP profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 4.3% and median household income of $121,826.

Rent takes 20% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 3.9 times that income.

A major airport is 11 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
28,924
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$121,826
Top 9% nationally
Density
1,533/sq mi
18.9 sq mi of land
Median age
45.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Wekiwa Springs
Florida
Metro area
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
Nearest major airport
SFB
11 mi · Orlando Sanford Intl
Median home value
$480,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.3% is lower than 56% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 0.4% over the past year, to 260,961 employed residents.

57% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 91% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 91% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$6,056$121,826Top 9%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,308$62,805Top 9%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate5.0%Bottom 20%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.6 minBottom 44%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher56.6%Top 9%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment260,961Top 19%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.8%Bottom 22%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.4%Top 22%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force272,689Top 19%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation63.2%Top 40%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$61,890Bottom 26%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Median annual wage$46,630Bottom 15%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.6%Top 27%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate4.3%Bottom 44%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024122k102k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $121,826 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons49,970$32,290
Waiters and Waitresses36,820$35,410
Customer Service Representatives35,690$40,530
Fast Food and Counter Workers34,830$28,620
Registered Nurses30,150$83,550
Cashiers29,340$31,330

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Wekiwa Springs, FL, the city containing this ZIP code.

78% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 80% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.4 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
2
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.4
across all schools here
Math proficiency
78.1%
Top 3% in Florida
Reading proficiency
79.7%
Top 2% in Florida
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
SABAL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEMINOLE92315.982%82%
WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEMINOLE80014.874%77%

35.2% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Florida’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Prices for everything a household buys run about 2% above the national average, on the Bureau of Economic Analysis index. Housing drives most of that difference.

Median rent of $1,981 takes 20% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.9 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Cost of living
101.6

Prices here run about 2% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Rent as a share of income
19.5%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.9×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,981
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$480,200
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living index101.6Top 46%of 6,0712023
Home price to income3.94Top 30%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate80.6%Top 45%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±53211,597Top 13%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$165$1,981Top 9%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$12,145$480,200Top 14%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income19.5%Top 38%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate4.7%Bottom 21%of 33,0282024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 93°F and January a low of 50°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 49.6 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 43, in the Good band, and one day a year passes 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ORLANDO SANFORD AP, 11.0 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND8.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index61.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation49.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low50°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high93°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10012024 calendar year
Median air quality index43.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing23°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
43
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
61
90th percentile index
Days above 100
1
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

50 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and strong wind.

Strong windElevated
LightningModerate
HurricaneElevated
Inland floodingModerate
WildfireModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, heat wave, earthquake, hail, landslide, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Seminole County records 2.5 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 10.7 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 10.7 per 100,000 residents in Seminole County.

Homicide
2.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
10.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
10.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
12.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Seminole County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 32779 rather than 32779 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

7 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 11 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Orlando Sanford IntlSFB11 mi11,002 ft
Orlando IntlMCO22 mi10,000 ft
Lakeland Linder IntlLAL63 mi8,500 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023Annually, each December
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

32779 vs Wekiwa Springs

How this ZIP area compares with Wekiwa Springs as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

32779
Wekiwa Springs
Median household income
$121,826
vs
$116,596
Per capita income
$62,805
vs
$57,075
Population density
1,533/sq mi
vs
2,785/sq mi
Median home value
$480,200
vs
$453,600
Median gross rent
$1,981
vs
$1,974
Homeownership rate
80.6%
vs
77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
56.6%
vs
54.2%
Poverty rate
5.0%
vs
5.3%
Median age
45.3
vs
45.0

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.