Palm City vs Port Salerno

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

Palm City and Port Salerno are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm City has the higher population (25,699 vs 10,957 in Port Salerno). Palm City has the higher median household income ($117,689 vs $64,051 in Port Salerno). Palm City has the higher median home value ($532,100 vs $329,000 in Port Salerno).

Population, income & housing

	Palm City	Port Salerno
Population	25,699	10,957
Median age	50.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$117,689	$64,051
Median home value	$532,100	$329,000
Median gross rent	$1,965	$1,441
Housing units	11,524	5,674
Homeownership rate	88.7%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm City	Port Salerno
Population	24,840 → 25,699 (+3.5%)	11,486 → 10,957 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$84,711 → $117,689 (+38.9%)	$54,098 → $64,051 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$350,900 → $532,100 (+51.6%)	$220,400 → $329,000 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $1,965 (+21.7%)	$1,083 → $1,441 (+33.1%)

Palm City

Population

24,84025,699

Median household income

$84,711$117,689

Median home value

$350,900$532,100

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,965

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)

	Palm City	Port Salerno
Under 5	3.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	16.0%
75 and over	16.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm City	Port Salerno
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm City	Port Salerno
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	17.0%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm City	Port Salerno
Drove alone	72.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm City	Port Salerno
1-unit, detached	73.4%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	16.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Palm City	Port Salerno
Poverty rate	5.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1993	1984