Fish Hawk vs Palm River-Clair Mel

A side-by-side comparison of Fish Hawk and Palm River-Clair Mel: population, income, housing, and more.

Fish Hawk and Palm River-Clair Mel are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm River-Clair Mel has the higher population (26,719 vs 25,945 in Fish Hawk). Fish Hawk has the higher median household income ($133,142 vs $62,976 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Fish Hawk has the higher median home value ($509,800 vs $244,100 in Palm River-Clair Mel).

Population, income & housing

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	25,945	26,719
Median age	36.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$133,142	$62,976
Median home value	$509,800	$244,100
Median gross rent	$2,228	$1,439
Housing units	8,144	10,399
Homeownership rate	83.8%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	21,929 → 25,945 (+18.3%)	23,844 → 26,719 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$119,208 → $133,142 (+11.7%)	$47,856 → $62,976 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$350,300 → $509,800 (+45.5%)	$133,300 → $244,100 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,915 → $2,228 (+16.3%)	$976 → $1,439 (+47.4%)

Fish Hawk

Population

21,92925,945

Median household income

$119,208$133,142

Median home value

$350,300$509,800

Median gross rent

$1,915$2,228

Palm River-Clair Mel

Population

23,84426,719

Median household income

$47,856$62,976

Median home value

$133,300$244,100

Median gross rent

$976$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
Under 5	7.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	26.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.6%
75 and over	4.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	28.0%
Black or African American	7.6%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	43.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
No high school diploma	3.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	17.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
Drove alone	69.1%	68.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.1%	16.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
1-unit, detached	80.7%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Fish Hawk	Palm River-Clair Mel
Poverty rate	6.9%	15.5%
Average household size	3.30	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	2009	1991