Port St. John vs West Melbourne

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

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

West Melbourne has the higher population (27,643 vs 24,617 in Port St. John). West Melbourne has the higher median household income ($90,521 vs $84,214 in Port St. John). West Melbourne has the higher median home value ($341,500 vs $262,700 in Port St. John).

Population, income & housing

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
Population	24,617	27,643
Median age	45.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,214	$90,521
Median home value	$262,700	$341,500
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,801
Housing units	10,247	11,113
Homeownership rate	93.3%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
Population	11,684 → 24,617 (+110.7%)	22,225 → 27,643 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$56,955 → $84,214 (+47.9%)	$68,277 → $90,521 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$149,900 → $262,700 (+75.3%)	$224,400 → $341,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,126 → $1,679 (+49.1%)	$1,349 → $1,801 (+33.5%)

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

West Melbourne

Population

22,22527,643

Median household income

$68,277$90,521

Median home value

$224,400$341,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.6%
75 and over	6.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	69.7%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
Drove alone	83.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	13.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
1-unit, detached	92.7%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Port St. John	West Melbourne
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1989	2003