Alva vs Suncoast Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Alva and Suncoast Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Suncoast Estates has the higher population (4,255 vs 3,279 in Alva). Alva has the higher median household income ($83,551 vs $39,456 in Suncoast Estates). Alva has the higher median home value ($322,200 vs $98,400 in Suncoast Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
Population	3,279	4,255
Median age	52.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,551	$39,456
Median home value	$322,200	$98,400
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,221
Housing units	1,348	2,136
Homeownership rate	93.4%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
Population	2,952 → 3,279 (+11.1%)	4,592 → 4,255 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$95,283 → $83,551 (-12.3%)	$43,350 → $39,456 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$314,900 → $322,200 (+2.3%)	$50,500 → $98,400 (+94.9%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,213 (+33.0%)	$859 → $1,221 (+42.1%)

Alva

Population

2,9523,279

Median household income

$95,283$83,551

Median home value

$314,900$322,200

Median gross rent

$912$1,213

Suncoast Estates

Population

4,5924,255

Median household income

$43,350$39,456

Median home value

$50,500$98,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
Under 5	1.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	2.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	23.0%
65 to 74	18.9%	11.6%
75 and over	13.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
No high school diploma	5.1%	25.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
Drove alone	81.2%	59.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	15.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
1-unit, detached	75.8%	13.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	77.9%

Poverty & households

	Alva	Suncoast Estates
Poverty rate	6.0%	22.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1986	1980