Weeki Wachee, Florida.
, asking rent $2,080 . Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,050 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
Living in Weeki Wachee, Hernando County, Florida
The Census does not count Weeki Wachee on its own, so the figures here are Hernando County's. Half the county's households earn more than $66,058 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 82% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Hernando County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hernando County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Weeki Wachee is a town in Hernando County, on Florida's Gulf Coast, where the typical county resident is around middle age. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and renting is less common than owning. Winters are the coolest part of the year and summers the hottest, with August the warmest month of all.
Work. Across Hernando County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in the building trades. Unemployment has edged up over the past year, and the number of jobs has slipped slightly. Some residents work from home.
Things to do. Weeki Wachee Springs, a protected area a short drive away, is one of the best known places to visit nearby. The Weeki Wachee River, also a short drive away, is a river to explore. The Brooksville Railroad Depot Museum, a museum a short drive away, offers a look at the area's history.
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- 82,475households
- 47.7median age
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Hernando County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hernando County had 50,575 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 47°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 74°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Weeki Wachee weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Hernando County
- Oak Hill Hospital1,700
- Tampa General Hospital1,102
- Walmart Distribution Center975
- Barrette Outdoor Living400
- Healthsouth350
- Cemex264
- HPH Hospice221
- Accuform Signs, Inc.209
From Hernando County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Hernando County Office of Business Development”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Hernando County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hernando County and the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro.
Weeki Wachee home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Weeki Wachee listings, and the typical home goes pending in 75 days — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Weeki Wachee29.11%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Weeki Wachee75
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Weeki Wachee214
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Weeki Wachee43
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Weeki Wachee97.59%
Zip codes with a Weeki Wachee address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Weeki Wachee — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Weeki Wachee
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34613 | Brooksville | 19,337 | $2,161 | $311,499 |
| 34614 | Brooksville | 10,935 | — | $354,994 |