Fellsmere vs Indian River Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Fellsmere and Indian River Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Fellsmere and Indian River Shores 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 4,324 in Indian River Shores). Indian River Shores has the higher median household income ($149,722 vs $47,335 in Fellsmere). Indian River Shores has the higher median home value ($1,085,600 vs $123,400 in Fellsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
Population	4,902	4,324
Median age	30.7 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,335	$149,722
Median home value	$123,400	$1,085,600
Median gross rent	$1,079	$2,195
Housing units	1,246	3,613
Homeownership rate	68.4%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	78.6%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
Population	5,625 → 4,902 (-12.9%)	4,206 → 4,324 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$27,190 → $47,335 (+74.1%)	$118,669 → $149,722 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $123,400 (+13.7%)	$712,700 → $1,085,600 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,079 (+44.1%)	$1,096 → $2,195 (+100.3%)

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

Indian River Shores

Population

4,2064,324

Median household income

$118,669$149,722

Median home value

$712,700$1,085,600

Median gross rent

$1,096$2,195

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
Under 5	9.5%	0.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	6.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.6%	0.6%
35 to 44	19.3%	1.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	5.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	3.3%	26.2%
75 and over	3.1%	47.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	9.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	77.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
No high school diploma	30.1%	0.7%
High school graduate	33.2%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
Drove alone	70.7%	64.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	1.5%
Public transit	3.8%	2.2%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.8%	26.1%
Other means	4.3%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
1-unit, detached	50.0%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	38.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fellsmere	Indian River Shores
Poverty rate	21.5%	6.4%
Average household size	4.30	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1988	1986