Ferndale vs Paisley

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Paisley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paisley has the higher population (762 vs 457 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($84,085 vs $64,291 in Paisley). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($287,900 vs $182,300 in Paisley).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Paisley
Population	457	762
Median age	51.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,085	$64,291
Median home value	$287,900	$182,300
Housing units	223	395
Homeownership rate	82.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Paisley
Population	462 → 457 (-1.1%)	1,479 → 762 (-48.5%)
Median household income	$70,513 → $84,085 (+19.2%)	$56,806 → $64,291 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$434,500 → $287,900 (-33.7%)	$90,200 → $182,300 (+102.1%)

Ferndale

Population

462457

Median household income

$70,513$84,085

Median home value

$434,500$287,900

Paisley

Population

1,479762

Median household income

$56,806$64,291

Median home value

$90,200$182,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Paisley
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	2.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	20.1%
55 to 64	34.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.9%
75 and over	3.7%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Paisley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Paisley
No high school diploma	10.7%	28.6%
High school graduate	43.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Paisley
Drove alone	81.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Paisley
1-unit, detached	50.7%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.3%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Paisley
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1997	1978