Palm Shores vs Scottsmoor

A side-by-side comparison of Palm Shores and Scottsmoor: population, income, housing, and more.

Palm Shores and Scottsmoor are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm Shores has the higher population (1,479 vs 791 in Scottsmoor). Palm Shores has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $55,433 in Scottsmoor). Palm Shores has the higher median home value ($341,800 vs $275,400 in Scottsmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
Population	1,479	791
Median age	44.4 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,563	$55,433
Median home value	$341,800	$275,400
Median gross rent	$1,050	—
Housing units	626	318
Homeownership rate	89.1%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
Population	1,226 → 1,479 (+20.6%)	867 → 791 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$66,500 → $86,563 (+30.2%)	$51,458 → $55,433 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$214,800 → $341,800 (+59.1%)	$175,000 → $275,400 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,010 → $1,050 (-47.8%)	—

Palm Shores

Population

1,2261,479

Median household income

$66,500$86,563

Median home value

$214,800$341,800

Median gross rent

$2,010$1,050

Scottsmoor

Population

867791

Median household income

$51,458$55,433

Median home value

$175,000$275,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
Under 5	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	8.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	27.8%
75 and over	6.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	98.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
No high school diploma	2.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
Drove alone	78.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	8.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
1-unit, detached	79.2%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Palm Shores	Scottsmoor
Poverty rate	5.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	2000	1983