Fellsmere vs Gifford

A side-by-side comparison of Fellsmere and Gifford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fellsmere has the higher population (4,902 vs 4,658 in Gifford). Fellsmere has the higher median household income ($47,335 vs $27,765 in Gifford). Gifford has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $123,400 in Fellsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Fellsmere	Gifford
Population	4,902	4,658
Median age	30.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,335	$27,765
Median home value	$123,400	$259,300
Median gross rent	$1,079	$890
Housing units	1,246	1,850
Homeownership rate	68.4%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fellsmere	Gifford
Population	5,625 → 4,902 (-12.9%)	10,479 → 4,658 (-55.5%)
Median household income	$27,190 → $47,335 (+74.1%)	$36,323 → $27,765 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $123,400 (+13.7%)	$231,100 → $259,300 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,079 (+44.1%)	$789 → $890 (+12.8%)

Fellsmere

Population

5,6254,902

Median household income

$27,190$47,335

Median home value

$108,500$123,400

Median gross rent

$749$1,079

Gifford

Population

10,4794,658

Median household income

$36,323$27,765

Median home value

$231,100$259,300

Median gross rent

$789$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fellsmere	Gifford
Under 5	9.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	26.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	19.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.9%
75 and over	3.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fellsmere	Gifford
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	17.9%
Black or African American	9.7%	60.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	77.9%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fellsmere	Gifford
No high school diploma	30.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fellsmere	Gifford
Drove alone	70.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.1%
Public transit	3.8%	5.8%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	15.9%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fellsmere	Gifford
1-unit, detached	50.0%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	13.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	38.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Fellsmere	Gifford
Poverty rate	21.5%	52.3%
Average household size	4.30	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1988	1993