Malabar vs Tropical Park

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

Malabar and Tropical Park 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 2,567 in Tropical Park). Malabar has the higher median household income ($123,345 vs $29,297 in Tropical Park). Malabar has the higher median home value ($441,700 vs $226,700 in Tropical Park).

Population, income & housing

	Malabar	Tropical Park
Population	3,017	2,567
Median age	55.7 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$123,345	$29,297
Median home value	$441,700	$226,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,159
Housing units	1,366	1,020
Homeownership rate	95.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malabar	Tropical Park
Population	3,061 → 3,017 (-1.4%)	2,064 → 2,567 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$67,721 → $123,345 (+82.1%)	$24,656 → $29,297 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $441,700 (+65.7%)	$143,300 → $226,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,313 (-3.6%)	$1,177 → $1,159 (-1.5%)

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

Tropical Park

Population

2,0642,567

Median household income

$24,656$29,297

Median home value

$143,300$226,700

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malabar	Tropical Park
Under 5	2.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	8.8%	26.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	28.7%	6.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	5.4%
75 and over	11.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malabar	Tropical Park
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	37.1%
Black or African American	4.8%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malabar	Tropical Park
No high school diploma	2.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malabar	Tropical Park
Drove alone	74.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	9.9%
Other means	6.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malabar	Tropical Park
1-unit, detached	93.3%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malabar	Tropical Park
Poverty rate	2.8%	41.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1990	1965