Florida Ridge vs Sebastian

A side-by-side comparison of Florida Ridge and Sebastian: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sebastian has the higher population (25,759 vs 21,517 in Florida Ridge). Sebastian has the higher median household income ($68,863 vs $64,956 in Florida Ridge). Sebastian has the higher median home value ($281,700 vs $250,500 in Florida Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
Population	21,517	25,759
Median age	44.2 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,956	$68,863
Median home value	$250,500	$281,700
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,414
Housing units	10,217	12,891
Homeownership rate	80.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
Population	22,372 → 21,517 (-3.8%)	25,107 → 25,759 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$48,946 → $64,956 (+32.7%)	$53,707 → $68,863 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$141,200 → $250,500 (+77.4%)	$195,500 → $281,700 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,209 (+11.0%)	$1,050 → $1,414 (+34.7%)

Florida Ridge

Population

22,37221,517

Median household income

$48,946$64,956

Median home value

$141,200$250,500

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,209

Sebastian

Population

25,10725,759

Median household income

$53,707$68,863

Median home value

$195,500$281,700

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
Under 5	5.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	20.1%
75 and over	11.7%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	83.7%
Black or African American	16.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
No high school diploma	10.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
Drove alone	72.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.9%	9.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
1-unit, detached	70.3%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Florida Ridge	Sebastian
Poverty rate	10.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1990	1994