Gifford vs Winter Beach

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

Gifford 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 4,658 in Gifford). Winter Beach has the higher median household income ($99,886 vs $27,765 in Gifford). Winter Beach has the higher median home value ($450,100 vs $259,300 in Gifford).

Population, income & housing

	Gifford	Winter Beach
Population	4,658	4,995
Median age	33.4 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,765	$99,886
Median home value	$259,300	$450,100
Median gross rent	$890	—
Housing units	1,850	1,797
Homeownership rate	46.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gifford	Winter Beach
Population	10,479 → 4,658 (-55.5%)	2,570 → 4,995 (+94.4%)
Median household income	$36,323 → $27,765 (-23.6%)	$80,962 → $99,886 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$231,100 → $259,300 (+12.2%)	$314,400 → $450,100 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $890 (+12.8%)	$1,185 → $2,276 (+92.1%)

Gifford

Population

10,4794,658

Median household income

$36,323$27,765

Median home value

$231,100$259,300

Median gross rent

$789$890

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)

	Gifford	Winter Beach
Under 5	7.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	23.7%
75 and over	5.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gifford	Winter Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	65.0%
Black or African American	60.7%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gifford	Winter Beach
No high school diploma	18.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gifford	Winter Beach
Drove alone	75.1%	71.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.8%
Public transit	5.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gifford	Winter Beach
1-unit, detached	47.8%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gifford	Winter Beach
Poverty rate	52.3%	8.3%
Average household size	3.13	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1993	2007