Matlacha vs Punta Rassa

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

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

Punta Rassa has the higher population (1,317 vs 845 in Matlacha). Punta Rassa has the higher median home value ($703,900 vs $458,300 in Matlacha). Since 2019, Matlacha's population has grown faster (+57.4% vs -22.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
Population	845	1,317
Median age	65.2 yrs	81.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$94,318
Median home value	$458,300	$703,900
Median gross rent	$1,217	$2,719
Housing units	799	1,365
Homeownership rate	83.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	57.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
Population	537 → 845 (+57.4%)	1,697 → 1,317 (-22.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $77,841 (+59.7%)	$64,500 → $94,318 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $458,300 (+59.7%)	$440,500 → $703,900 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,217 (+25.6%)	$3,015 → $2,719 (-9.8%)

Matlacha

Population

537845

Median household income

$48,750$77,841

Median home value

$287,000$458,300

Median gross rent

$969$1,217

Punta Rassa

Population

1,6971,317

Median household income

$64,500$94,318

Median home value

$440,500$703,900

Median gross rent

$3,015$2,719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	0.8%
55 to 64	28.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	43.7%	24.1%
75 and over	6.9%	67.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.0%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	41.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
Drove alone	75.3%	50.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	37.7%
Other means	14.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
1-unit, detached	74.2%	12.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	79.7%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Matlacha	Punta Rassa
Poverty rate	15.0%	5.8%
Average household size	1.95	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1977	1984