Chaires vs Fort Braden

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

Chaires 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 676 in Chaires). Chaires has the higher median household income ($149,750 vs $64,844 in Fort Braden). Chaires has the higher median home value ($367,100 vs $161,300 in Fort Braden).

Population, income & housing

	Chaires	Fort Braden
Population	676	886
Median age	50.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$149,750	$64,844
Median home value	$367,100	$161,300
Housing units	199	374
Homeownership rate	80.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaires	Fort Braden
Population	443 → 676 (+52.6%)	856 → 886 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$81,688 → $149,750 (+83.3%)	$51,781 → $64,844 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$381,500 → $367,100 (-3.8%)	$152,300 → $161,300 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$623 → $675 (+8.3%)

Chaires

Population

443676

Median household income

$81,688$149,750

Median home value

$381,500$367,100

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)

	Chaires	Fort Braden
Under 5	5.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	2.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	25.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	21.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.9%
75 and over	7.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaires	Fort Braden
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	92.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	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	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaires	Fort Braden
No high school diploma	17.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaires	Fort Braden
Drove alone	70.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaires	Fort Braden
1-unit, detached	63.3%	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	36.7%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	Chaires	Fort Braden
Poverty rate	2.4%	6.7%
Average household size	3.35	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1984	1991