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Punta Gorda, FL

19,886 Population
15.4 square miles 1,291.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 60 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$55,430 ±$3,616 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $40,603 ±$1,032
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$79,291 ±$7,565 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $66,154 ±$1,973
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

9% ±2.3% (1,766  ±447) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 9.6% 18,219 (±0.8% / ±1,592)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

26.7 minutes ±3.9 (120,240  ±24,823) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 27.3 1,582,795 (±1 / ±80,484)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

10,006 ±409 Number of households
  • the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 87,376 ±1,263
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2 ±0.1 (19,667  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 2.2 190,747 (±0 / ±96)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

2.6% ±2.8% (46  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 5.1% † 1,384 (±1.6% / ±427)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

13,426 ±607 Number of housing units
  • the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 114,821 ±127
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$482,300 ±$29,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $291,000 ±$5,597
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

11.6% ±2.5% (2,292  ±494.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 12.5% 24,173 (±1% / ±1,886)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

96.1% ±5.1% (16,750  ±974.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 92.3% 149,793 (±1.9% / ±3,025.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
40.5% ±3.2% (7,056  ±579) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 25.3% 41,100 (±1% / ±1,637.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

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

7.5% ±1.6% (1,499  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 9.8% 19,064
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

12.1% ±1.5% (2,192  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 11.5% 19,727 (±0.6% / ±1,021)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
2,192 Total veterans ±283 2,042 Male ±266 150 Female ±79

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