Northdale vs Palm River-Clair Mel

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

Northdale 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 25,420 in Northdale). Northdale has the higher median household income ($91,656 vs $62,976 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Northdale has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $244,100 in Palm River-Clair Mel).

Population, income & housing

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	25,420	26,719
Median age	40.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,656	$62,976
Median home value	$376,200	$244,100
Median gross rent	$1,687	$1,439
Housing units	9,631	10,399
Homeownership rate	72.8%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	23,510 → 25,420 (+8.1%)	23,844 → 26,719 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$78,517 → $91,656 (+16.7%)	$47,856 → $62,976 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$254,300 → $376,200 (+47.9%)	$133,300 → $244,100 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,687 (+27.7%)	$976 → $1,439 (+47.4%)

Northdale

Population

23,51025,420

Median household income

$78,517$91,656

Median home value

$254,300$376,200

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,687

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)

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Under 5	4.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.6%
75 and over	7.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	28.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.8%	43.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
No high school diploma	4.8%	16.5%
High school graduate	20.0%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Drove alone	65.9%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.6%	16.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
1-unit, detached	68.5%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	5.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Northdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Poverty rate	6.3%	15.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1986	1991