Charlotte Harbor vs Punta Gorda

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Punta Gorda has the higher population (19,886 vs 4,456 in Charlotte Harbor). Punta Gorda has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $41,750 in Charlotte Harbor). Punta Gorda has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $194,200 in Charlotte Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
Population	4,456	19,886
Median age	67.0 yrs	66.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$79,291
Median home value	$194,200	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,235
Housing units	2,959	13,426
Homeownership rate	42.2%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
Population	4,082 → 4,456 (+9.2%)	19,571 → 19,886 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$40,396 → $41,750 (+3.4%)	$61,395 → $79,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $194,200 (+53.6%)	$325,800 → $482,300 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,139 (+43.5%)	$1,029 → $1,235 (+20.0%)

Charlotte Harbor

Population

4,0824,456

Median household income

$40,396$41,750

Median home value

$126,400$194,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,139

Punta Gorda

Population

19,57119,886

Median household income

$61,395$79,291

Median home value

$325,800$482,300

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
Under 5	3.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	7.5%	6.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	3.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	4.7%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	18.6%
65 to 74	21.1%	25.4%
75 and over	34.6%	28.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	88.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
No high school diploma	9.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
Drove alone	75.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	18.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
1-unit, detached	21.8%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	24.9%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte Harbor	Punta Gorda
Poverty rate	17.4%	9.0%
Average household size	1.85	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1982	1993