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Fort Pierce, FL

49,082 Population
24.7 square miles 1,987.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 47.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,455 ±$2,118 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $41,746 ±$974
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,072 ±$3,864 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $74,514 ±$1,912
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.2% ±4% (12,672  ±1,948) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 12% 61,696 (±0.7% / ±3,794)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±1.2 (451,140  ±44,433) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 29 5,589,730 (±0.5 / ±138,253)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,878 ±860 Number of households
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 205,254 ±1,778
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (48,470  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 2.5 515,332 (±0 / ±53)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±2.8% (850  ±315) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,583 (±0.8% / ±746)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

22,871 ±748 Number of housing units
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 243,267 ±107
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$250,800 ±$16,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $364,900 ±$4,395
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±2.9% (5,264  ±1,412.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 10.3% 53,146 (±0.7% / ±3,793.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.5% ±4.3% (25,006  ±1,631.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 90.5% 353,360 (±1.4% / ±5,606.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±2.3% (6,114  ±781.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 30% 117,348 (±0.8% / ±3,045.5)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.3% ±3.3% (9,482  ±1,593) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 16% 83,686
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±0.9% (1,522  ±329) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 8.7% 37,137 (±0.4% / ±1,803)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,522 Total veterans ±329 1,387 Male ±305 135 Female ±97

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