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Fort Pierce, FL

48,094 Population
24.2 square miles 1,991.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 47.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,739 ±$1,877 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $40,638 ±$947
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$46,745 ±$4,588 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $72,506 ±$1,728
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

26.2% ±4.1% (12,404  ±1,959) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 11.6% 57,695 (±0.8% / ±3,929)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

26.6 minutes ±1.8 (445,380  ±47,802) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 28.4 5,445,280 (±0.6 / ±147,103)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

18,510 ±814 Number of households
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 199,460 ±1,606
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.6 ±0.1 (47,409  ±88) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 2.5 499,304 (±0 / ±56)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

10% ±4% (1,046  ±424) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 5.5% † 5,221 (±0.8% / ±783)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

22,708 ±823 Number of housing units
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 237,227 ±245
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$220,500 ±$17,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $325,300 ±$5,304
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

12.1% ±2.7% (5,728  ±1,287.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 10.5% 52,693 (±0.7% / ±3,703.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

77.6% ±3.9% (25,238  ±1,546) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 90% 340,443 (±1.4% / ±5,363.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
18.8% ±2.1% (6,117  ±711.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 29.1% 110,038 (±0.8% / ±2,832.5)
  • about three-fifths of 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

18.4% ±2.6% (8,823  ±1,239) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 15.7% 79,320
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

4.9% ±1% (1,783  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 9.3% 38,132 (±0.5% / ±1,933)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
1,783 Total veterans ±374 1,608 Male ±358 175 Female ±109

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