Bal Harbour vs Homestead Base

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

Bal Harbour and Homestead Base 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 1,334 in Homestead Base). Bal Harbour has the higher median household income ($91,061 vs $9,960 in Homestead Base). Since 2019, Homestead Base's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs +0.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
Population	3,021	1,334
Median age	49.9 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,061	$9,960
Median home value	$1,277,200	—
Median gross rent	$2,734	—
Housing units	3,629	253
Homeownership rate	65.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	38.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
Population	3,004 → 3,021 (+0.6%)	1,054 → 1,334 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$76,962 → $91,061 (+18.3%)	$16,168 → $9,960 (-38.4%)
Median home value	$1,267,600 → $1,277,200 (+0.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,734 (+48.2%)	—

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

Homestead Base

Population

1,0541,334

Median household income

$16,168$9,960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
Under 5	4.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	34.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	14.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	3.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	1.9%
75 and over	16.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	5.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	59.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
No high school diploma	0.9%	34.9%
High school graduate	17.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
Drove alone	57.4%	17.8%
Carpooled	14.7%	27.9%
Public transit	1.0%	45.7%
Walked	4.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.1%
Worked from home	20.7%	1.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
1-unit, detached	4.2%	15.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	40.3%
20 or more units	89.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Bal Harbour	Homestead Base
Poverty rate	18.0%	82.5%
Average household size	2.26	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1978	2001