Holmes Beach vs Whitfield

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

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

Whitfield has the higher population (4,745 vs 3,042 in Holmes Beach). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($102,200 vs $99,063 in Holmes Beach). Holmes Beach has the higher median home value ($667,800 vs $415,200 in Whitfield).

Population, income & housing

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
Population	3,042	4,745
Median age	69.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,063	$102,200
Median home value	$667,800	$415,200
Median gross rent	$1,786	$2,059
Housing units	4,306	1,873
Homeownership rate	88.7%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
Population	4,243 → 3,042 (-28.3%)	3,743 → 4,745 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$73,525 → $99,063 (+34.7%)	$85,391 → $102,200 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$618,400 → $667,800 (+8.0%)	$261,000 → $415,200 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $1,786 (+34.8%)	$1,042 → $2,059 (+97.6%)

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

Whitfield

Population

3,7434,745

Median household income

$85,391$102,200

Median home value

$261,000$415,200

Median gross rent

$1,042$2,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
Under 5	1.7%	10.3%
5 to 17	4.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	2.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	3.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	27.2%	8.4%
75 and over	30.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
No high school diploma	1.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	14.4%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
Drove alone	69.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.7%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	20.3%	18.6%
Other means	3.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	42.4%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	15.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holmes Beach	Whitfield
Poverty rate	5.7%	8.7%
Average household size	1.85	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1975	1970