Capitola vs Chaires

A side-by-side comparison of Capitola and Chaires: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chaires has the higher population (676 vs 306 in Capitola). Chaires has the higher median household income ($149,750 vs $34,710 in Capitola). Chaires has the higher median home value ($367,100 vs $117,400 in Capitola).

Population, income & housing

	Capitola	Chaires
Population	306	676
Median age	51.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,710	$149,750
Median home value	$117,400	$367,100
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	155	199
Homeownership rate	87.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitola	Chaires
Population	306 → 306 (+0.0%)	443 → 676 (+52.6%)
Median household income	$29,983 → $34,710 (+15.8%)	$81,688 → $149,750 (+83.3%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $117,400 (-3.7%)	$381,500 → $367,100 (-3.8%)

Capitola

Population

306306

Median household income

$29,983$34,710

Median home value

$121,900$117,400

Chaires

Population

443676

Median household income

$81,688$149,750

Median home value

$381,500$367,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitola	Chaires
Under 5	7.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	8.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	2.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	25.1%
55 to 64	21.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	18.3%	10.2%
75 and over	4.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitola	Chaires
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	36.9%	1.3%
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%	4.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitola	Chaires
No high school diploma	7.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitola	Chaires
Drove alone	80.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	21.0%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitola	Chaires
1-unit, detached	30.3%	63.3%
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	69.7%	36.7%

Poverty & households

	Capitola	Chaires
Poverty rate	8.5%	2.4%
Average household size	1.97	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1998	1984