Hobe Sound vs North River Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Hobe Sound and North River Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Hobe Sound and North River Shores are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hobe Sound has the higher population (14,313 vs 3,655 in North River Shores). North River Shores has the higher median household income ($73,635 vs $63,233 in Hobe Sound). Hobe Sound has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $314,100 in North River Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
Population	14,313	3,655
Median age	55.6 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,233	$73,635
Median home value	$323,700	$314,100
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,455
Housing units	7,671	1,815
Homeownership rate	77.2%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
Population	14,003 → 14,313 (+2.2%)	3,874 → 3,655 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$50,030 → $63,233 (+26.4%)	$58,250 → $73,635 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $323,700 (+56.9%)	$229,800 → $314,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,184 (+17.0%)	$1,223 → $1,455 (+19.0%)

Hobe Sound

Population

14,00314,313

Median household income

$50,030$63,233

Median home value

$206,300$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,184

North River Shores

Population

3,8743,655

Median household income

$58,250$73,635

Median home value

$229,800$314,100

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
Under 5	6.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	3.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	21.9%
75 and over	14.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	86.9%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	25.5%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
Drove alone	67.5%	82.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	14.8%	12.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
1-unit, detached	47.4%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	24.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hobe Sound	North River Shores
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1983	1979