Rio vs Sewall's Point

A side-by-side comparison of Rio and Sewall's Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Rio and Sewall's Point are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sewall's Point has the higher population (1,961 vs 1,265 in Rio). Sewall's Point has the higher median household income ($126,268 vs $95,865 in Rio). Sewall's Point has the higher median home value ($1,143,200 vs $299,600 in Rio).

Population, income & housing

	Rio	Sewall's Point
Population	1,265	1,961
Median age	61.4 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,865	$126,268
Median home value	$299,600	$1,143,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,688
Housing units	631	1,008
Homeownership rate	96.7%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	26.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio	Sewall's Point
Population	853 → 1,265 (+48.3%)	2,099 → 1,961 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $95,865 (+74.3%)	$140,625 → $126,268 (-10.2%)
Median home value	$235,200 → $299,600 (+27.4%)	$785,500 → $1,143,200 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,125 → $2,688 (+26.5%)

Rio

Population

8531,265

Median household income

$55,000$95,865

Median home value

$235,200$299,600

Sewall's Point

Population

2,0991,961

Median household income

$140,625$126,268

Median home value

$785,500$1,143,200

Median gross rent

$2,125$2,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio	Sewall's Point
Under 5	5.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	4.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	19.4%	18.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	30.1%
75 and over	27.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio	Sewall's Point
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio	Sewall's Point
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.3%
High school graduate	17.8%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	52.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio	Sewall's Point
Drove alone	89.7%	69.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio	Sewall's Point
1-unit, detached	62.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	31.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rio	Sewall's Point
Poverty rate	13.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1977	1988