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Port Charlotte, FL

68,091 Population
28.5 square miles 2,390.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 59.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,584 ±$3,070 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $47,096 ±$3,858
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,410 ±$5,506 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $72,868 ±$5,694
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.4% ±2.4% (5,641  ±1,669) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 8.7% † 18,050 (±2.1% / ±4,259)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.7 minutes ±0.7 (552,320  ±40,331) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 26.9 1,617,905 (±1.1 / ±82,664)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,044 ±2,253 Number of households
  • the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 93,137 ±3,565
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (67,262  ±6,137) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 2.2 207,738 (±0.1 / ±198)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.3% ±1% (367  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 5% † 1,406 (±1.4% / ±381)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

34,103 ±2,743 Number of housing units
  • the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 127,793 ±99
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$289,000 ±$13,409 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: $355,300 ±$14,308
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.3% ±6.1% (11,055  ±4,255.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 13.6% † 28,633 (±2.9% / ±6,107.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.1% ±4.2% (45,020  ±4,079.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 91.4% 162,674 (±3.9% / ±7,068.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25% ±3.7% (13,229  ±2,199.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 30.2% 53,676 (±2.4% / ±4,271)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

16.7% ±4.4% (11,400  ±3,151) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 11.9% 25,176
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.6% ±1.8% (5,053  ±1,132) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area: 9.9% 18,548 (±1% / ±1,809)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,053 Total veterans ±1,132 4,246 Male ±1,098 807 Female ±481

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