Capitola vs Fort Braden

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

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

Fort Braden has the higher population (886 vs 306 in Capitola). Fort Braden has the higher median household income ($64,844 vs $34,710 in Capitola). Fort Braden has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $117,400 in Capitola).

Population, income & housing

	Capitola	Fort Braden
Population	306	886
Median age	51.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,710	$64,844
Median home value	$117,400	$161,300
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	155	374
Homeownership rate	87.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitola	Fort Braden
Population	306 → 306 (+0.0%)	856 → 886 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$29,983 → $34,710 (+15.8%)	$51,781 → $64,844 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $117,400 (-3.7%)	$152,300 → $161,300 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$623 → $675 (+8.3%)

Capitola

Population

306306

Median household income

$29,983$34,710

Median home value

$121,900$117,400

Fort Braden

Population

856886

Median household income

$51,781$64,844

Median home value

$152,300$161,300

Median gross rent

$623$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitola	Fort Braden
Under 5	7.5%	10.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	21.2%	21.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	7.9%
75 and over	4.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitola	Fort Braden
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	36.9%	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	3.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitola	Fort Braden
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitola	Fort Braden
Drove alone	80.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.9%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitola	Fort Braden
1-unit, detached	30.3%	52.1%
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%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	Capitola	Fort Braden
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1998	1991