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Punta Gorda, FL

20,278 Population
15.4 square miles 1,312.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 59.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,036 ±$3,835 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $42,592 ±$1,254
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,779 ±$9,907 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $69,952 ±$1,682
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±2% (1,661  ±391) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 9% 17,669 (±0.7% / ±1,418)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±4.6 (128,550  ±28,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 26.9 1,617,905 (±1.1 / ±82,664)
  • 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

10,235 ±361 Number of households
  • the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 90,542 ±1,202
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (20,054  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 2.2 196,558 (±0 / ±111)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±3% (55  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 5% † 1,406 (±1.4% / ±381)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,756 ±543 Number of housing units
  • the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 118,679 ±90
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$518,100 ±$41,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $328,900 ±$7,140
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±2.7% (2,317  ±540.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 12.8% 25,477 (±1% / ±1,942.9)
  • 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

96.5% ±5% (17,211  ±979.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 92.5% 154,958 (±1.9% / ±3,158)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.7% ±3.4% (7,427  ±623.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 27.1% 45,296 (±1% / ±1,724.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

7.3% ±1.7% (1,486  ±336) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 9.8% 19,620
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±1.6% (2,026  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 10.9% 19,280 (±0.5% / ±940)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,026 Total veterans ±291 1,966 Male ±282 60 Female ±39

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