Bay Harbor Islands vs Surfside

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Harbor Islands and Surfside: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay Harbor Islands and Surfside are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay Harbor Islands has the higher population (5,793 vs 5,566 in Surfside). Surfside has the higher median household income ($88,938 vs $84,750 in Bay Harbor Islands). Surfside has the higher median home value ($736,800 vs $542,700 in Bay Harbor Islands).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
Population	5,793	5,566
Median age	36.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,750	$88,938
Median home value	$542,700	$736,800
Median gross rent	$2,348	$1,795
Housing units	2,600	3,841
Homeownership rate	50.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
Population	5,861 → 5,793 (-1.2%)	5,725 → 5,566 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$78,169 → $84,750 (+8.4%)	$69,063 → $88,938 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$362,300 → $542,700 (+49.8%)	$625,500 → $736,800 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,774 → $2,348 (+32.4%)	$1,977 → $1,795 (-9.2%)

Bay Harbor Islands

Population

5,8615,793

Median household income

$78,169$84,750

Median home value

$362,300$542,700

Median gross rent

$1,774$2,348

Surfside

Population

5,7255,566

Median household income

$69,063$88,938

Median home value

$625,500$736,800

Median gross rent

$1,977$1,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
Under 5	6.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	2.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	6.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	57.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	54.4%	34.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.0%
High school graduate	14.5%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
Drove alone	59.7%	65.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.5%
Public transit	2.1%	6.5%
Walked	3.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	23.7%	17.6%
Other means	7.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
1-unit, detached	13.9%	35.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	11.0%
20 or more units	59.7%	48.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay Harbor Islands	Surfside
Poverty rate	7.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1968	1971