Scottsmoor vs Tropical Park

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

Scottsmoor 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 791 in Scottsmoor). Scottsmoor has the higher median household income ($55,433 vs $29,297 in Tropical Park). Scottsmoor has the higher median home value ($275,400 vs $226,700 in Tropical Park).

Population, income & housing

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
Population	791	2,567
Median age	50.7 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,433	$29,297
Median home value	$275,400	$226,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,159
Housing units	318	1,020
Homeownership rate	90.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
Population	867 → 791 (-8.8%)	2,064 → 2,567 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$51,458 → $55,433 (+7.7%)	$24,656 → $29,297 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $275,400 (+57.4%)	$143,300 → $226,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,177 → $1,159 (-1.5%)

Scottsmoor

Population

867791

Median household income

$51,458$55,433

Median home value

$175,000$275,400

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)

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
Under 5	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 17	8.6%	26.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	27.8%	5.4%
75 and over	5.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	37.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
Drove alone	79.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
1-unit, detached	93.4%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Scottsmoor	Tropical Park
Poverty rate	17.4%	41.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1983	1965