Hobe Sound vs Port Salerno

A side-by-side comparison of Hobe Sound and Port Salerno: population, income, housing, and more.

Hobe Sound and Port Salerno 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 10,957 in Port Salerno). Port Salerno has the higher median household income ($64,051 vs $63,233 in Hobe Sound). Port Salerno has the higher median home value ($329,000 vs $323,700 in Hobe Sound).

Population, income & housing

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
Population	14,313	10,957
Median age	55.6 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,233	$64,051
Median home value	$323,700	$329,000
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,441
Housing units	7,671	5,674
Homeownership rate	77.2%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
Population	14,003 → 14,313 (+2.2%)	11,486 → 10,957 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$50,030 → $63,233 (+26.4%)	$54,098 → $64,051 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $323,700 (+56.9%)	$220,400 → $329,000 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,184 (+17.0%)	$1,083 → $1,441 (+33.1%)

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

Port Salerno

Population

11,48610,957

Median household income

$54,098$64,051

Median home value

$220,400$329,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
Under 5	6.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	9.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	16.0%
75 and over	14.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	70.7%
Black or African American	7.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
Drove alone	67.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	6.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
1-unit, detached	47.4%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Hobe Sound	Port Salerno
Poverty rate	13.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1983	1984