Bal Harbour vs Virginia Gardens

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

Bal Harbour and Virginia Gardens 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 2,306 in Virginia Gardens). Bal Harbour has the higher median household income ($91,061 vs $72,569 in Virginia Gardens). Bal Harbour has the higher median home value ($1,277,200 vs $445,200 in Virginia Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
Population	3,021	2,306
Median age	49.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,061	$72,569
Median home value	$1,277,200	$445,200
Median gross rent	$2,734	$1,614
Housing units	3,629	862
Homeownership rate	65.8%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
Population	3,004 → 3,021 (+0.6%)	2,311 → 2,306 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$76,962 → $91,061 (+18.3%)	$50,417 → $72,569 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$1,267,600 → $1,277,200 (+0.8%)	$311,200 → $445,200 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,734 (+48.2%)	$1,184 → $1,614 (+36.3%)

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

Virginia Gardens

Population

2,3112,306

Median household income

$50,417$72,569

Median home value

$311,200$445,200

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.8%
75 and over	16.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	15.4%
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%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
No high school diploma	0.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	17.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
Drove alone	57.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	3.9%
Public transit	1.0%	1.3%
Walked	4.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	20.7%	8.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
1-unit, detached	4.2%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	89.5%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bal Harbour	Virginia Gardens
Poverty rate	18.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1978	1960