Port Charlotte vs Punta Gorda

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

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

Port Charlotte has the higher population (64,971 vs 19,886 in Punta Gorda). Punta Gorda has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $60,729 in Port Charlotte). Punta Gorda has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $249,400 in Port Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
Population	64,971	19,886
Median age	55.5 yrs	66.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,729	$79,291
Median home value	$249,400	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,335	$1,235
Housing units	32,045	13,426
Homeownership rate	82.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
Population	62,327 → 64,971 (+4.2%)	19,571 → 19,886 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$46,603 → $60,729 (+30.3%)	$61,395 → $79,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$164,000 → $249,400 (+52.1%)	$325,800 → $482,300 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,335 (+31.4%)	$1,029 → $1,235 (+20.0%)

Port Charlotte

Population

62,32764,971

Median household income

$46,603$60,729

Median home value

$164,000$249,400

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,335

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)

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
Under 5	3.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.6%
65 to 74	19.5%	25.4%
75 and over	13.6%	28.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	7.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
Drove alone	74.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.3%	18.6%
Other means	2.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
1-unit, detached	85.3%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	12.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Port Charlotte	Punta Gorda
Poverty rate	11.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1983	1993