Arcadia vs Southeast Arcadia

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Southeast Arcadia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arcadia has the higher population (7,571 vs 7,247 in Southeast Arcadia). Southeast Arcadia has the higher median household income ($53,532 vs $38,388 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $127,500 in Southeast Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
Population	7,571	7,247
Median age	32.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,388	$53,532
Median home value	$158,900	$127,500
Median gross rent	$886	$935
Housing units	3,405	3,090
Homeownership rate	47.4%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
Population	8,072 → 7,571 (-6.2%)	8,272 → 7,247 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$29,964 → $38,388 (+28.1%)	$28,404 → $53,532 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $158,900 (+50.0%)	$72,400 → $127,500 (+76.1%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)	$656 → $935 (+42.5%)

Arcadia

Population

8,0727,571

Median household income

$29,964$38,388

Median home value

$105,900$158,900

Median gross rent

$745$886

Southeast Arcadia

Population

8,2727,247

Median household income

$28,404$53,532

Median home value

$72,400$127,500

Median gross rent

$656$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
Under 5	6.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.1%
75 and over	5.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	40.1%
Black or African American	23.4%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	42.7%	51.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
No high school diploma	26.7%	43.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
Drove alone	58.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	31.2%	19.5%
Public transit	0.6%	3.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
1-unit, detached	64.1%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Southeast Arcadia
Poverty rate	31.4%	24.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1974	1989