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Port St. Lucie, FL

258,578 Population
119.2 square miles 2,169 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 47.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,990 ±$1,872 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $43,228 ±$1,487
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
$86,241 ±$6,562 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $80,659 ±$3,403
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564

9% ±2.1% (23,084  ±5,467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 10.2% † 56,067 (±1.3% / ±7,109)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)

33.3 minutes ±1 (3,255,425  ±209,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 30.9 6,241,700 (±0.8 / ±302,409)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 28.9 270,952,670 (±0.2 / ±2,105,094)

Families

94,324 ±2,933 Number of households
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 219,468 ±3,850
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
2.7 ±0.1 (257,455  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 2.5 549,139 (±0 / ±100)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804

6% ±2.2% (3,344  ±1,253) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,681 (±1.6% / ±1,665)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)

Housing

99,750 ±3,223 Number of housing units
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 256,762 ±75
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325

$420,600 ±$8,886 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $420,200 ±$9,054
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617

9.9% ±2.2% (25,373  ±5,516) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 9.4% † 51,929 (±1.4% / ±7,426.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)

Social

92.6% ±4.3% (173,645  ±8,686.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 90.5% 377,508 (±2.9% / ±12,078.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
29.3% ±2.4% (55,005  ±4,635.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 31.4% 130,876 (±1.7% / ±6,961.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)

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

22.1% ±1.9% (57,100  ±4,985) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 18.6% 103,452
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412

5.8% ±1.1% (11,913  ±2,331) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 7.4% 33,495 (±0.7% / ±3,285)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
11,913 Total veterans ±2,331 10,492 Male ±2,068 1,421 Female ±764

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