Harbour Heights vs Punta Gorda

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

Harbour Heights 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 4,184 in Harbour Heights). Punta Gorda has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $60,885 in Harbour Heights). Punta Gorda has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $319,900 in Harbour Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
Population	4,184	19,886
Median age	56.4 yrs	66.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,885	$79,291
Median home value	$319,900	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,235
Housing units	1,939	13,426
Homeownership rate	82.7%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
Population	3,752 → 4,184 (+11.5%)	19,571 → 19,886 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$56,196 → $60,885 (+8.3%)	$61,395 → $79,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$227,900 → $319,900 (+40.4%)	$325,800 → $482,300 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,088 (+5.6%)	$1,029 → $1,235 (+20.0%)

Harbour Heights

Population

3,7524,184

Median household income

$56,196$60,885

Median home value

$227,900$319,900

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,088

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)

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
Under 5	4.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	3.4%
35 to 44	6.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	23.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	18.7%	25.4%
75 and over	12.6%	28.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	26.5%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
Drove alone	78.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.2%	18.6%
Other means	2.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
1-unit, detached	86.0%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	12.1%
20 or more units	7.2%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Harbour Heights	Punta Gorda
Poverty rate	13.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.37	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1989	1993