Iona vs San Carlos Park

A side-by-side comparison of Iona and San Carlos Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Iona and San Carlos Park are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San Carlos Park has the higher population (18,252 vs 14,290 in Iona). San Carlos Park has the higher median household income ($80,109 vs $66,143 in Iona). Iona has the higher median home value ($295,700 vs $284,900 in San Carlos Park).

Population, income & housing

	Iona	San Carlos Park
Population	14,290	18,252
Median age	68.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,143	$80,109
Median home value	$295,700	$284,900
Median gross rent	$1,908	$1,571
Housing units	13,567	7,489
Homeownership rate	72.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iona	San Carlos Park
Population	14,118 → 14,290 (+1.2%)	17,961 → 18,252 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$58,075 → $66,143 (+13.9%)	$61,963 → $80,109 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$246,100 → $295,700 (+20.2%)	$193,900 → $284,900 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,376 → $1,908 (+38.7%)	$1,271 → $1,571 (+23.6%)

Iona

Population

14,11814,290

Median household income

$58,075$66,143

Median home value

$246,100$295,700

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,908

San Carlos Park

Population

17,96118,252

Median household income

$61,963$80,109

Median home value

$193,900$284,900

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iona	San Carlos Park
Under 5	0.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	3.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	3.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	6.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	23.6%	9.2%
75 and over	35.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iona	San Carlos Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	60.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iona	San Carlos Park
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iona	San Carlos Park
Drove alone	67.6%	73.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	14.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	10.5%
Other means	2.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iona	San Carlos Park
1-unit, detached	24.8%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	19.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Iona	San Carlos Park
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.9%
Average household size	1.81	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1993	1988