Golden Gate vs Marco Island

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Gate and Marco Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Golden Gate has the higher population (28,767 vs 15,998 in Marco Island). Marco Island has the higher median household income ($104,105 vs $64,767 in Golden Gate). Marco Island has the higher median home value ($866,200 vs $365,400 in Golden Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
Population	28,767	15,998
Median age	35.4 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,767	$104,105
Median home value	$365,400	$866,200
Median gross rent	$1,641	$1,955
Housing units	8,613	18,436
Homeownership rate	54.4%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
Population	29,552 → 28,767 (-2.7%)	17,834 → 15,998 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $64,767 (+32.3%)	$86,215 → $104,105 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$233,800 → $365,400 (+56.3%)	$678,900 → $866,200 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,641 (+35.3%)	$1,638 → $1,955 (+19.4%)

Golden Gate

Population

29,55228,767

Median household income

$48,958$64,767

Median home value

$233,800$365,400

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,641

Marco Island

Population

17,83415,998

Median household income

$86,215$104,105

Median home value

$678,900$866,200

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
Under 5	7.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	4.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	3.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	24.1%
75 and over	4.6%	34.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
White (non-Hispanic)	18.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	15.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	65.3%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
No high school diploma	21.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	42.6%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
Drove alone	71.7%	55.5%
Carpooled	17.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	7.3%	31.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
1-unit, detached	52.9%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	21.1%	11.9%
20 or more units	2.9%	43.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Golden Gate	Marco Island
Poverty rate	12.9%	6.3%
Average household size	3.55	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1986	1988