Punta Gorda vs Rotonda

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

Punta Gorda and Rotonda 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 10,312 in Rotonda). Punta Gorda has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $67,383 in Rotonda). Punta Gorda has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $340,700 in Rotonda).

Population, income & housing

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
Population	19,886	10,312
Median age	66.5 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,291	$67,383
Median home value	$482,300	$340,700
Median gross rent	$1,235	$970
Housing units	13,426	7,795
Homeownership rate	83.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
Population	19,571 → 19,886 (+1.6%)	9,325 → 10,312 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$61,395 → $79,291 (+29.1%)	$48,995 → $67,383 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$325,800 → $482,300 (+48.0%)	$253,900 → $340,700 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,235 (+20.0%)	$962 → $970 (+0.8%)

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

Rotonda

Population

9,32510,312

Median household income

$48,995$67,383

Median home value

$253,900$340,700

Median gross rent

$962$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
Under 5	1.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	6.9%	4.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	3.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	4.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	25.4%	28.9%
75 and over	28.2%	30.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	21.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
Drove alone	73.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	19.9%
Other means	2.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
1-unit, detached	57.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	14.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Punta Gorda	Rotonda
Poverty rate	9.0%	7.6%
Average household size	1.97	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1993	1998