Bal Harbour vs El Portal

A side-by-side comparison of Bal Harbour and El Portal: population, income, housing, and more.

Bal Harbour and El Portal are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bal Harbour has the higher population (3,021 vs 1,979 in El Portal). El Portal has the higher median household income ($105,662 vs $91,061 in Bal Harbour). Bal Harbour has the higher median home value ($1,277,200 vs $658,500 in El Portal).

Population, income & housing

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
Population	3,021	1,979
Median age	49.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,061	$105,662
Median home value	$1,277,200	$658,500
Median gross rent	$2,734	—
Housing units	3,629	883
Homeownership rate	65.8%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
Population	3,004 → 3,021 (+0.6%)	1,969 → 1,979 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$76,962 → $91,061 (+18.3%)	$85,500 → $105,662 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$1,267,600 → $1,277,200 (+0.8%)	$396,400 → $658,500 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,734 (+48.2%)	$1,100 → $1,341 (+21.9%)

Bal Harbour

Population

3,0043,021

Median household income

$76,962$91,061

Median home value

$1,267,600$1,277,200

Median gross rent

$1,845$2,734

El Portal

Population

1,9691,979

Median household income

$85,500$105,662

Median home value

$396,400$658,500

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
Under 5	4.1%	10.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	5.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	20.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	20.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	5.5%
75 and over	16.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	24.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	31.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	38.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
No high school diploma	0.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	17.0%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
Drove alone	57.4%	66.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	8.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.7%	18.6%
Other means	1.9%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
1-unit, detached	4.2%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	89.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bal Harbour	El Portal
Poverty rate	18.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1978	1952