Palm City vs Stuart

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

Palm City and Stuart 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 18,058 in Stuart). Palm City has the higher median household income ($117,689 vs $64,409 in Stuart). Palm City has the higher median home value ($532,100 vs $291,300 in Stuart).

Population, income & housing

	Palm City	Stuart
Population	25,699	18,058
Median age	50.2 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$117,689	$64,409
Median home value	$532,100	$291,300
Median gross rent	$1,965	$1,540
Housing units	11,524	10,360
Homeownership rate	88.7%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm City	Stuart
Population	24,840 → 25,699 (+3.5%)	16,161 → 18,058 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$84,711 → $117,689 (+38.9%)	$47,921 → $64,409 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$350,900 → $532,100 (+51.6%)	$185,700 → $291,300 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $1,965 (+21.7%)	$1,127 → $1,540 (+36.6%)

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

Stuart

Population

16,16118,058

Median household income

$47,921$64,409

Median home value

$185,700$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm City	Stuart
Under 5	3.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.9%
75 and over	16.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm City	Stuart
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	66.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm City	Stuart
No high school diploma	3.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	17.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm City	Stuart
Drove alone	72.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	20.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.8%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm City	Stuart
1-unit, detached	73.4%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	38.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Palm City	Stuart
Poverty rate	5.1%	16.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1993	1982