Holmes Beach vs Samoset

A side-by-side comparison of Holmes Beach and Samoset: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Samoset has the higher population (4,433 vs 3,042 in Holmes Beach). Holmes Beach has the higher median household income ($99,063 vs $51,780 in Samoset). Holmes Beach has the higher median home value ($667,800 vs $171,400 in Samoset).

Population, income & housing

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
Population	3,042	4,433
Median age	69.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,063	$51,780
Median home value	$667,800	$171,400
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,355
Housing units	4,306	1,343
Homeownership rate	88.7%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
Population	4,243 → 3,042 (-28.3%)	4,399 → 4,433 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$73,525 → $99,063 (+34.7%)	$36,966 → $51,780 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$618,400 → $667,800 (+8.0%)	$103,700 → $171,400 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $1,786 (+34.8%)	$1,052 → $1,355 (+28.8%)

Holmes Beach

Population

4,2433,042

Median household income

$73,525$99,063

Median home value

$618,400$667,800

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,786

Samoset

Population

4,3994,433

Median household income

$36,966$51,780

Median home value

$103,700$171,400

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
Under 5	1.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	4.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	2.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	3.7%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	27.2%	7.4%
75 and over	30.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	31.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
No high school diploma	1.4%	44.3%
High school graduate	14.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
Drove alone	69.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	14.0%
Public transit	3.5%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	3.3%
Other means	3.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
1-unit, detached	42.4%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holmes Beach	Samoset
Poverty rate	5.7%	17.4%
Average household size	1.85	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1975	1973