Indian River Shores vs Winter Beach

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

Indian River Shores 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 4,324 in Indian River Shores). Indian River Shores has the higher median household income ($149,722 vs $99,886 in Winter Beach). Indian River Shores has the higher median home value ($1,085,600 vs $450,100 in Winter Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
Population	4,324	4,995
Median age	74.5 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$149,722	$99,886
Median home value	$1,085,600	$450,100
Median gross rent	$2,195	—
Housing units	3,613	1,797
Homeownership rate	97.4%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.6%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
Population	4,206 → 4,324 (+2.8%)	2,570 → 4,995 (+94.4%)
Median household income	$118,669 → $149,722 (+26.2%)	$80,962 → $99,886 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$712,700 → $1,085,600 (+52.3%)	$314,400 → $450,100 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $2,195 (+100.3%)	$1,185 → $2,276 (+92.1%)

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

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)

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
Under 5	0.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	6.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	0.6%	5.5%
35 to 44	1.2%	7.7%
45 to 54	5.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	26.2%	23.7%
75 and over	47.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
No high school diploma	0.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	9.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	39.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
Drove alone	64.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	19.7%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
1-unit, detached	54.6%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian River Shores	Winter Beach
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.3%
Average household size	1.80	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1986	2007