Tropical Park vs West Canaveral Groves

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

Tropical Park and West Canaveral Groves 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 198 in West Canaveral Groves). West Canaveral Groves has the higher median household income ($51,577 vs $29,297 in Tropical Park). West Canaveral Groves has the higher median home value ($328,900 vs $226,700 in Tropical Park).

Population, income & housing

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
Population	2,567	198
Median age	26.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$29,297	$51,577
Median home value	$226,700	$328,900
Median gross rent	$1,159	—
Housing units	1,020	181
Homeownership rate	28.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
Population	2,064 → 2,567 (+24.4%)	122 → 198 (+62.3%)
Median household income	$24,656 → $29,297 (+18.8%)	$48,840 → $51,577 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $226,700 (+58.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $1,159 (-1.5%)	—

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

West Canaveral Groves

Population

122198

Median household income

$48,840$51,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
Under 5	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	63.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	6.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.4%	6.6%
75 and over	9.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
White (non-Hispanic)	37.1%	98.0%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	37.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	46.6%	72.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
Drove alone	83.0%	11.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.4%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	86.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
1-unit, detached	45.1%	21.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	71.8%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Tropical Park	West Canaveral Groves
Poverty rate	41.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.61	1.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1965	1987