Malabar vs Sharpes

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

Malabar and Sharpes 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 2,948 in Sharpes). Malabar has the higher median household income ($123,345 vs $67,917 in Sharpes). Malabar has the higher median home value ($441,700 vs $259,400 in Sharpes).

Population, income & housing

	Malabar	Sharpes
Population	3,017	2,948
Median age	55.7 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$123,345	$67,917
Median home value	$441,700	$259,400
Median gross rent	—	$845
Housing units	1,366	1,525
Homeownership rate	95.2%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malabar	Sharpes
Population	3,061 → 3,017 (-1.4%)	3,221 → 2,948 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$67,721 → $123,345 (+82.1%)	$39,702 → $67,917 (+71.1%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $441,700 (+65.7%)	$84,000 → $259,400 (+208.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,313 (-3.6%)	$770 → $845 (+9.7%)

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

Sharpes

Population

3,2212,948

Median household income

$39,702$67,917

Median home value

$84,000$259,400

Median gross rent

$770$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malabar	Sharpes
Under 5	2.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	28.7%	20.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.9%
75 and over	11.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malabar	Sharpes
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	88.1%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malabar	Sharpes
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malabar	Sharpes
Drove alone	74.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	9.4%
Other means	6.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malabar	Sharpes
1-unit, detached	93.3%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	46.4%

Poverty & households

	Malabar	Sharpes
Poverty rate	2.8%	25.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	41
Median year structure built	1990	1978