Harlem vs Port LaBelle

A side-by-side comparison of Harlem and Port LaBelle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port LaBelle has the higher population (6,856 vs 3,050 in Harlem). Port LaBelle has the higher median household income ($53,648 vs $44,960 in Harlem). Port LaBelle has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $72,000 in Harlem).

Population, income & housing

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
Population	3,050	6,856
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,960	$53,648
Median home value	$72,000	$214,600
Median gross rent	$897	$1,017
Housing units	1,110	2,638
Homeownership rate	40.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
Population	2,377 → 3,050 (+28.3%)	5,348 → 6,856 (+28.2%)
Median household income	$22,478 → $44,960 (+100.0%)	$36,853 → $53,648 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $72,000 (+3.3%)	$106,600 → $214,600 (+101.3%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $897 (+39.5%)	$918 → $1,017 (+10.8%)

Harlem

Population

2,3773,050

Median household income

$22,478$44,960

Median home value

$69,700$72,000

Median gross rent

$643$897

Port LaBelle

Population

5,3486,856

Median household income

$36,853$53,648

Median home value

$106,600$214,600

Median gross rent

$918$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
Under 5	20.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	14.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.1%
75 and over	4.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	35.0%
Black or African American	99.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	62.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
No high school diploma	23.5%	27.1%
High school graduate	56.4%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
Drove alone	74.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	17.5%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
1-unit, detached	76.6%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Harlem	Port LaBelle
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.4%
Average household size	3.19	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1977	2000