Matlacha vs Pineland

A side-by-side comparison of Matlacha and Pineland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Matlacha has the higher population (845 vs 375 in Pineland). Pineland has the higher median home value ($516,800 vs $458,300 in Matlacha). Since 2019, Matlacha's population has grown faster (+57.4% vs +17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Matlacha	Pineland
Population	845	375
Median age	65.2 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$93,250
Median home value	$458,300	$516,800
Median gross rent	$1,217	—
Housing units	799	267
Homeownership rate	83.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matlacha	Pineland
Population	537 → 845 (+57.4%)	320 → 375 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $77,841 (+59.7%)	$69,167 → $93,250 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $458,300 (+59.7%)	$329,000 → $516,800 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,217 (+25.6%)	—

Matlacha

Population

537845

Median household income

$48,750$77,841

Median home value

$287,000$458,300

Median gross rent

$969$1,217

Pineland

Population

320375

Median household income

$69,167$93,250

Median home value

$329,000$516,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matlacha	Pineland
Under 5	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	7.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	28.0%	25.1%
65 to 74	43.7%	22.9%
75 and over	6.9%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matlacha	Pineland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	91.2%
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	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matlacha	Pineland
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	30.0%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matlacha	Pineland
Drove alone	75.3%	51.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	28.0%
Other means	14.2%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matlacha	Pineland
1-unit, detached	74.2%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Matlacha	Pineland
Poverty rate	15.0%	1.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1977	1993