Lutz vs Palm River-Clair Mel

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

Lutz 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.

Lutz has the higher population (26,731 vs 26,719 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Lutz has the higher median household income ($114,516 vs $62,976 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Lutz has the higher median home value ($451,800 vs $244,100 in Palm River-Clair Mel).

Population, income & housing

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	26,731	26,719
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,516	$62,976
Median home value	$451,800	$244,100
Median gross rent	$1,648	$1,439
Housing units	9,715	10,399
Homeownership rate	79.4%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	22,235 → 26,731 (+20.2%)	23,844 → 26,719 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$85,000 → $114,516 (+34.7%)	$47,856 → $62,976 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$310,500 → $451,800 (+45.5%)	$133,300 → $244,100 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,648 (+29.4%)	$976 → $1,439 (+47.4%)

Lutz

Population

22,23526,731

Median household income

$85,000$114,516

Median home value

$310,500$451,800

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,648

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)

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	5.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	28.0%
Black or African American	7.1%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	43.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
No high school diploma	2.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	17.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
Drove alone	71.0%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.3%	16.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
1-unit, detached	83.1%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Lutz	Palm River-Clair Mel
Poverty rate	5.5%	15.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1989	1991