Sharpes vs Tropical Park

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

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

Sharpes has the higher population (2,948 vs 2,567 in Tropical Park). Sharpes has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $29,297 in Tropical Park). Sharpes has the higher median home value ($259,400 vs $226,700 in Tropical Park).

Population, income & housing

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
Population	2,948	2,567
Median age	47.3 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$29,297
Median home value	$259,400	$226,700
Median gross rent	$845	$1,159
Housing units	1,525	1,020
Homeownership rate	70.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
Population	3,221 → 2,948 (-8.5%)	2,064 → 2,567 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$39,702 → $67,917 (+71.1%)	$24,656 → $29,297 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $259,400 (+208.8%)	$143,300 → $226,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $845 (+9.7%)	$1,177 → $1,159 (-1.5%)

Sharpes

Population

3,2212,948

Median household income

$39,702$67,917

Median home value

$84,000$259,400

Median gross rent

$770$845

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)

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
Under 5	2.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	26.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	6.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.4%
75 and over	8.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	37.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
Drove alone	71.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	16.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
1-unit, detached	45.9%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	27.5%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sharpes	Tropical Park
Poverty rate	25.1%	41.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	41	21
Median year structure built	1978	1965