Palm Shores vs Tropical Park

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

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

Tropical Park has the higher population (2,567 vs 1,479 in Palm Shores). Palm Shores has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $29,297 in Tropical Park). Palm Shores has the higher median home value ($341,800 vs $226,700 in Tropical Park).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
Population	1,479	2,567
Median age	44.4 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,563	$29,297
Median home value	$341,800	$226,700
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,159
Housing units	626	1,020
Homeownership rate	89.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
Population	1,226 → 1,479 (+20.6%)	2,064 → 2,567 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$66,500 → $86,563 (+30.2%)	$24,656 → $29,297 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$214,800 → $341,800 (+59.1%)	$143,300 → $226,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,010 → $1,050 (-47.8%)	$1,177 → $1,159 (-1.5%)

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

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)

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
Under 5	7.7%	13.4%
5 to 17	11.4%	26.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	5.4%
75 and over	6.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	37.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
Drove alone	78.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	9.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
1-unit, detached	79.2%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.5%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palm Shores	Tropical Park
Poverty rate	5.9%	41.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	2000	1965