WedgefieldFL
A town of 8,851.
Is Wedgefield a good place to live?
Wedgefield grades C+ overall, 275th of 634 graded towns in Florida, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $120K. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $456K for a typical one and 5.8 times the Orlando metro’s $79K median household income. Wedgefield’s typical rent is $3,072 a month, against $1,647 a month in Florida’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Only 53 of Florida’s 776 towns score lower on walkability. Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park, at 4,261 acres with 24.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Wedgefield stand out
Where Wedgefield beats most towns.
Wedgefield has grown 20% from 2010 to 2020
6,705 counted in 2010 and 8,017 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Wedgefield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Wedgefield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Walt Disney World Resort and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wedgefield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
Big draw24 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Florida9.5M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Theme parkUniversal Epic Universe
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
Big draw24 mi Theme parkUniversal's Islands of Adventure9.5M visitors a year
19 mi Stadium & arenaKia CenterPhoto credits
Walt Disney World Resort: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Universal Studios Florida: Radiobroadcastcenter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Universal Epic Universe: Martin Lewison, CC BY 2.0 · Camping World Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Universal's Islands of Adventure: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Kia Center: 350z33 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Wedgefield: who provides what
Wedgefield is unincorporated, so Orange County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wedgefield.
Wedgefield has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, has less tooth loss than most of Florida and sends most of its workers to Orlando and beyond.
Conserved land covers nearly a quarter of Wedgefield
Wedgefield’s trail density stands at 1.2 miles per square mile. There are 28 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park | 24.8 mi | 4,261 |
| 2. Wedgefield Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wedgefield’s schools rank ahead of 54% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Orange school district. Wedgefield’s only public school teaches 959 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgefield SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 959 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Few of Wedgefield’s working residents work in town
Wedgefield has 596 jobs for its 3,906 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.2 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Wedgefield had 596 jobs in 2023, up 388 from 2013. Its typical journey to work stands at 35 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 20 miles away. In Wedgefield, 28% of workers do their job from home.
| Wedgefield | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 28% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $120,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wedgefield is healthier than 74% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Florida is tooth loss: 8.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.7% statewide. Against the 5,729 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wedgefield’s, it is less healthy than 58%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
For adults in Wedgefield, the share who smoke cigarettes is 12%. Nearly two in five adults in Wedgefield sleep under 7 hours; 15% report frequent mental distress.
| Wedgefield | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wedgefield | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.2% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.2% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wedgefield has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Wedgefield’s FEMA hazard score is 71 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 39% come from inland flooding and 21% from wildfires. One declared disaster, in 2017, has brought federal aid to Wedgefield households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Wedgefield brings mild winters and hot summers
The Orlando Intl Ap weather station, 15 miles away, records that about 110 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. January nights average 50.1°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
The January low for Wedgefield comes to 50°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Wedgefield | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 50°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Florida overall
The median household earns $120,156, against $74,568 across Florida, one input to its A for jobs and income.
43% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 34% across Florida. Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 16% of residents (21% statewide). Among residents in Wedgefield, 23% are under 18.
| Wedgefield | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 31% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Wedgefield | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.9% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.5% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.3% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.9% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.3% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.3% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
A home in Wedgefield sells for about $666K at the median
Wedgefield: nine in ten households live in a home they own. On the market in the town: a median 76 days to sell. In Wedgefield, the typical sale closed at 98.2% of the list price.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Wedgefield
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Wedgefield
About 6 of every 100 Wedgefield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
97% of working residents leave Wedgefield for work
Where Wedgefield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Wedgefield
Unincorporated area in Florida, US
Wedgefield is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wedgefield had a population of 8,017. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 69 ft
- Area code
- 407
Wedgefield’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Wedgefield.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgefield | #275 | C+ | D | — | B− | B+ |
| Alafaya | #217 | C+ | D | — | B− | A |
Wedgefield and Alafaya report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wedgefield with a neighbor →
Questions about Wedgefield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wedgefield, FL a good place to live?
Wedgefield grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #275 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Wedgefield, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $456,000, 22% above the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.