Ferndale vs Sorrento

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

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

Ferndale has the higher population (457 vs 211 in Sorrento). Sorrento has the higher median household income ($90,192 vs $84,085 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($287,900 vs $253,800 in Sorrento).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Sorrento
Population	457	211
Median age	51.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,085	$90,192
Median home value	$287,900	$253,800
Housing units	223	112
Homeownership rate	82.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Sorrento
Population	462 → 457 (-1.1%)	366 → 211 (-42.3%)
Median household income	$70,513 → $84,085 (+19.2%)	$46,769 → $90,192 (+92.8%)
Median home value	$434,500 → $287,900 (-33.7%)	$235,100 → $253,800 (+8.0%)

Ferndale

Population

462457

Median household income

$70,513$84,085

Median home value

$434,500$287,900

Sorrento

Population

366211

Median household income

$46,769$90,192

Median home value

$235,100$253,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Sorrento
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.0%	22.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	23.2%
55 to 64	34.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	18.0%
75 and over	3.7%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Sorrento
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Sorrento
No high school diploma	10.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Sorrento
Drove alone	81.4%	69.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	24.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Sorrento
1-unit, detached	50.7%	77.7%
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%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Sorrento
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.57	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1997	1981