Everglades vs Plantation Island

A side-by-side comparison of Everglades and Plantation Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Everglades and Plantation Island are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Everglades has the higher population (208 vs 40 in Plantation Island). Since 2019, Plantation Island's population has grown faster (+185.7% vs +9.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Everglades	Plantation Island
Population	208	40
Median age	59.1 yrs	—
Median household income	$75,163	—
Median home value	$371,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,987	—
Housing units	343	209
Homeownership rate	55.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everglades	Plantation Island
Population	190 → 208 (+9.5%)	14 → 40 (+185.7%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $75,163 (+6.4%)	—
Median home value	$321,400 → $371,400 (+15.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,987 (+130.2%)	—

Everglades

Population

190208

Median household income

$70,625$75,163

Median home value

$321,400$371,400

Median gross rent

$863$1,987

Plantation Island

Population

1440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Everglades	Plantation Island
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	100.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	35.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	0.0%
75 and over	5.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everglades	Plantation Island
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everglades	Plantation Island
No high school diploma	0.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everglades	Plantation Island
Drove alone	52.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	0.0%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everglades	Plantation Island
1-unit, detached	50.4%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	44.5%

Poverty & households

	Everglades	Plantation Island
Poverty rate	5.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1990	1989