Gifford vs Indian River Shores

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

Gifford 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.

Gifford has the higher population (4,658 vs 4,324 in Indian River Shores). Indian River Shores has the higher median household income ($149,722 vs $27,765 in Gifford). Indian River Shores has the higher median home value ($1,085,600 vs $259,300 in Gifford).

Population, income & housing

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
Population	4,658	4,324
Median age	33.4 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,765	$149,722
Median home value	$259,300	$1,085,600
Median gross rent	$890	$2,195
Housing units	1,850	3,613
Homeownership rate	46.8%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	78.6%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
Population	10,479 → 4,658 (-55.5%)	4,206 → 4,324 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$36,323 → $27,765 (-23.6%)	$118,669 → $149,722 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$231,100 → $259,300 (+12.2%)	$712,700 → $1,085,600 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $890 (+12.8%)	$1,096 → $2,195 (+100.3%)

Gifford

Population

10,4794,658

Median household income

$36,323$27,765

Median home value

$231,100$259,300

Median gross rent

$789$890

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)

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
Under 5	7.0%	0.3%
5 to 17	26.3%	6.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	0.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	1.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	5.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	26.2%
75 and over	5.0%	47.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	60.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
No high school diploma	18.6%	0.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
Drove alone	75.1%	64.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	1.5%
Public transit	5.8%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	15.9%	26.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
1-unit, detached	47.8%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	14.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gifford	Indian River Shores
Poverty rate	52.3%	6.4%
Average household size	3.13	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1993	1986