Bal Harbour vs Medley

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

Bal Harbour and Medley 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 1,089 in Medley). Bal Harbour has the higher median household income ($91,061 vs $41,250 in Medley). Bal Harbour has the higher median home value ($1,277,200 vs $67,700 in Medley).

Population, income & housing

	Bal Harbour	Medley
Population	3,021	1,089
Median age	49.9 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,061	$41,250
Median home value	$1,277,200	$67,700
Median gross rent	$2,734	$1,339
Housing units	3,629	470
Homeownership rate	65.8%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bal Harbour	Medley
Population	3,004 → 3,021 (+0.6%)	958 → 1,089 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$76,962 → $91,061 (+18.3%)	$31,293 → $41,250 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$1,267,600 → $1,277,200 (+0.8%)	$42,300 → $67,700 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,734 (+48.2%)	$818 → $1,339 (+63.7%)

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

Medley

Population

9581,089

Median household income

$31,293$41,250

Median home value

$42,300$67,700

Median gross rent

$818$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bal Harbour	Medley
Under 5	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	25.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.6%
75 and over	16.7%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bal Harbour	Medley
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	3.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bal Harbour	Medley
No high school diploma	0.9%	51.1%
High school graduate	17.0%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bal Harbour	Medley
Drove alone	57.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	14.7%	12.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	20.7%	8.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bal Harbour	Medley
1-unit, detached	4.2%	14.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	89.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	79.8%

Poverty & households

	Bal Harbour	Medley
Poverty rate	18.0%	24.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1978	1979