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Port St. Lucie, FL

231,804 Population
119.2 square miles 1,944.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 47.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,092 ±$1,878 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $38,138 ±$1,435
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $40,278 ±$316
$70,613 ±$5,529 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $68,460 ±$4,325
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $69,303 ±$616

7.4% ±2% (17,196  ±4,509) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 12.5% † 64,129 (±1.6% / ±8,141)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 12.7% 2,762,679 (±0.2% / ±47,630)

29.6 minutes ±0.5 (2,521,390  ±92,013) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 27.9 5,202,775 (±0.5 / ±127,152)
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,599,390 (±0.1 / ±923,372)

Families

82,788 ±3,392 Number of households
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 201,086 ±4,304
  • Florida: 8,826,394 ±23,013
2.8 ±0.1 (230,729  ±90) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 2.6 513,609 (±0.1 / ±127)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 † 21,767,540 (±62.9 / ±-555,555,600)

4.6% ±2.3% (2,135  ±1,089) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 6.5% † 6,293 (±1.7% / ±1,648)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.9% 237,974 (±0.2% / ±8,830)

Housing

90,756 ±3,252 Number of housing units
  • the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 243,535 ±91
  • Florida: 10,257,553 ±836

$364,300 ±$9,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: $363,600 ±$8,083
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $354,100 ±$1,592

9.2% ±2.1% (21,146  ±4,732.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 10.6% † 54,851 (±1.4% / ±7,092.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,014,757 (±0.3% / ±57,370.3)

Social

92% ±4.3% (154,622  ±7,729.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 90.3% 350,426 (±2.7% / ±10,664.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 89.9% 14,481,480 (±0.4% / ±67,293.2)
26.2% ±2.3% (44,028  ±3,994.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 30.1% 116,742 (±1.5% / ±5,919)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 34.3% 5,518,418 (±0.3% / ±40,702.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

20.3% ±1.9% (47,028  ±4,465) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 15.3% † 79,844 (±16,359.8% / ±7,266)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 21.7% † 4,817,273 (±540.8% / ±41,964)

9% ±1.5% (16,708  ±2,762) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area: 9.2% 38,928 (±0.9% / ±3,600)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,322,675 (±0.1% / ±15,844)
16,708 Total veterans ±2,762 14,263 Male ±2,566 2,445 Female ±894

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