Fellsmere vs Winter Beach

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

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

Winter Beach has the higher population (4,995 vs 4,902 in Fellsmere). Winter Beach has the higher median household income ($99,886 vs $47,335 in Fellsmere). Winter Beach has the higher median home value ($450,100 vs $123,400 in Fellsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
Population	4,902	4,995
Median age	30.7 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,335	$99,886
Median home value	$123,400	$450,100
Median gross rent	$1,079	—
Housing units	1,246	1,797
Homeownership rate	68.4%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
Population	5,625 → 4,902 (-12.9%)	2,570 → 4,995 (+94.4%)
Median household income	$27,190 → $47,335 (+74.1%)	$80,962 → $99,886 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $123,400 (+13.7%)	$314,400 → $450,100 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,079 (+44.1%)	$1,185 → $2,276 (+92.1%)

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

Winter Beach

Population

2,5704,995

Median household income

$80,962$99,886

Median home value

$314,400$450,100

Median gross rent

$1,185$2,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
Under 5	9.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.6%	5.5%
35 to 44	19.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	3.3%	23.7%
75 and over	3.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	65.0%
Black or African American	9.7%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	77.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
No high school diploma	30.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
Drove alone	70.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	7.8%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	19.7%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
1-unit, detached	50.0%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	38.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fellsmere	Winter Beach
Poverty rate	21.5%	8.3%
Average household size	4.30	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1988	2007