South Beach vs Wabasso

A side-by-side comparison of South Beach and Wabasso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Beach has the higher population (3,081 vs 1,648 in Wabasso). South Beach has the higher median household income ($188,095 vs $66,771 in Wabasso). South Beach has the higher median home value ($860,000 vs $413,600 in Wabasso).

Population, income & housing

	South Beach	Wabasso
Population	3,081	1,648
Median age	69.7 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$188,095	$66,771
Median home value	$860,000	$413,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$944
Housing units	2,226	781
Homeownership rate	98.6%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Beach	Wabasso
Population	3,429 → 3,081 (-10.1%)	530 → 1,648 (+210.9%)
Median household income	$134,917 → $188,095 (+39.4%)	$39,226 → $66,771 (+70.2%)
Median home value	$699,200 → $860,000 (+23.0%)	$471,200 → $413,600 (-12.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$622 → $944 (+51.8%)

South Beach

Population

3,4293,081

Median household income

$134,917$188,095

Median home value

$699,200$860,000

Wabasso

Population

5301,648

Median household income

$39,226$66,771

Median home value

$471,200$413,600

Median gross rent

$622$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso
Under 5	0.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	6.3%	11.4%
18 to 24	0.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	0.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	3.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	20.1%
65 to 74	31.5%	11.2%
75 and over	28.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	41.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	29.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Beach	Wabasso
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	14.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso
Drove alone	55.5%	66.0%
Carpooled	0.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.8%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso
1-unit, detached	59.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	South Beach	Wabasso
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1985	1993