South Beach vs Wabasso Beach

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

South Beach and Wabasso Beach 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 1,966 in Wabasso Beach). South Beach has the higher median household income ($188,095 vs $119,901 in Wabasso Beach). South Beach has the higher median home value ($860,000 vs $614,100 in Wabasso Beach).

Population, income & housing

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
Population	3,081	1,966
Median age	69.7 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$188,095	$119,901
Median home value	$860,000	$614,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	2,226	1,461
Homeownership rate	98.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
Population	3,429 → 3,081 (-10.1%)	1,775 → 1,966 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$134,917 → $188,095 (+39.4%)	$87,125 → $119,901 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$699,200 → $860,000 (+23.0%)	$485,900 → $614,100 (+26.4%)

South Beach

Population

3,4293,081

Median household income

$134,917$188,095

Median home value

$699,200$860,000

Wabasso Beach

Population

1,7751,966

Median household income

$87,125$119,901

Median home value

$485,900$614,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	0.6%	4.3%
35 to 44	3.9%	1.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	31.5%	29.1%
75 and over	28.1%	38.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
No high school diploma	1.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.0%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
Drove alone	55.5%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.9%
Worked from home	42.8%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
1-unit, detached	59.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	14.9%
20 or more units	7.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Beach	Wabasso Beach
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.5%
Average household size	1.95	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1985	1995