Port St. John vs Viera West

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

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

Port St. John has the higher population (24,617 vs 17,169 in Viera West). Viera West has the higher median household income ($98,107 vs $84,214 in Port St. John). Viera West has the higher median home value ($539,000 vs $262,700 in Port St. John).

Population, income & housing

	Port St. John	Viera West
Population	24,617	17,169
Median age	45.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,214	$98,107
Median home value	$262,700	$539,000
Median gross rent	$1,679	$2,080
Housing units	10,247	7,714
Homeownership rate	93.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port St. John	Viera West
Population	11,684 → 24,617 (+110.7%)	11,369 → 17,169 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$56,955 → $84,214 (+47.9%)	$68,345 → $98,107 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$149,900 → $262,700 (+75.3%)	$296,100 → $539,000 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,126 → $1,679 (+49.1%)	$1,701 → $2,080 (+22.3%)

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

Viera West

Population

11,36917,169

Median household income

$68,345$98,107

Median home value

$296,100$539,000

Median gross rent

$1,701$2,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port St. John	Viera West
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.0%
75 and over	6.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port St. John	Viera West
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	70.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port St. John	Viera West
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port St. John	Viera West
Drove alone	83.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	14.1%
Other means	1.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port St. John	Viera West
1-unit, detached	92.7%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Port St. John	Viera West
Poverty rate	10.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1989	2011