Malabar vs Patrick AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Malabar and Patrick AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Malabar and Patrick AFB are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malabar has the higher population (3,017 vs 1,606 in Patrick AFB). Malabar has the higher median household income ($123,345 vs $82,829 in Patrick AFB). Since 2019, Patrick AFB's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs -1.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
Population	3,017	1,606
Median age	55.7 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$123,345	$82,829
Median home value	$441,700	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,950
Housing units	1,366	513
Homeownership rate	95.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
Population	3,061 → 3,017 (-1.4%)	1,533 → 1,606 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$67,721 → $123,345 (+82.1%)	$56,591 → $82,829 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $441,700 (+65.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,313 (-3.6%)	$1,494 → $1,950 (+30.5%)

Malabar

Population

3,0613,017

Median household income

$67,721$123,345

Median home value

$266,500$441,700

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,313

Patrick AFB

Population

1,5331,606

Median household income

$56,591$82,829

Median gross rent

$1,494$1,950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
Under 5	2.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	8.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	19.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	28.7%	5.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	4.4%
75 and over	11.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	62.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
Drove alone	74.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	16.7%	8.6%
Other means	6.4%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
1-unit, detached	93.3%	6.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	81.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malabar	Patrick AFB
Poverty rate	2.8%	15.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1990	1988