Port St. John vs Rockledge

A side-by-side comparison of Port St. John and Rockledge: population, income, housing, and more.

Port St. John and Rockledge are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockledge has the higher population (28,279 vs 24,617 in Port St. John). Port St. John has the higher median household income ($84,214 vs $83,009 in Rockledge). Rockledge has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $262,700 in Port St. John).

Population, income & housing

	Port St. John	Rockledge
Population	24,617	28,279
Median age	45.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,214	$83,009
Median home value	$262,700	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,706
Housing units	10,247	13,430
Homeownership rate	93.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port St. John	Rockledge
Population	11,684 → 24,617 (+110.7%)	27,305 → 28,279 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$56,955 → $84,214 (+47.9%)	$68,265 → $83,009 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$149,900 → $262,700 (+75.3%)	$204,800 → $305,800 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,126 → $1,679 (+49.1%)	$1,290 → $1,706 (+32.2%)

Port St. John

Population

11,68424,617

Median household income

$56,955$84,214

Median home value

$149,900$262,700

Median gross rent

$1,126$1,679

Rockledge

Population

27,30528,279

Median household income

$68,265$83,009

Median home value

$204,800$305,800

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port St. John	Rockledge
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.9%
75 and over	6.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port St. John	Rockledge
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	68.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port St. John	Rockledge
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port St. John	Rockledge
Drove alone	83.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	12.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port St. John	Rockledge
1-unit, detached	92.7%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Port St. John	Rockledge
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1989	1989