Biscayne Park vs El Portal

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

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

Biscayne Park has the higher population (3,056 vs 1,979 in El Portal). El Portal has the higher median household income ($105,662 vs $84,750 in Biscayne Park). El Portal has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $606,800 in Biscayne Park).

Population, income & housing

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
Population	3,056	1,979
Median age	28.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,750	$105,662
Median home value	$606,800	$658,500
Median gross rent	$1,615	—
Housing units	1,094	883
Homeownership rate	72.3%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
Population	3,124 → 3,056 (-2.2%)	1,969 → 1,979 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$87,712 → $84,750 (-3.4%)	$85,500 → $105,662 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$457,300 → $606,800 (+32.7%)	$396,400 → $658,500 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,615 (+16.3%)	$1,100 → $1,341 (+21.9%)

Biscayne Park

Population

3,1243,056

Median household income

$87,712$84,750

Median home value

$457,300$606,800

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,615

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)

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
Under 5	20.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	20.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	20.6%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	5.5%
75 and over	2.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	24.8%
Black or African American	37.9%	31.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	38.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
Drove alone	76.1%	66.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.1%	18.6%
Other means	1.1%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
1-unit, detached	67.1%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Biscayne Park	El Portal
Poverty rate	29.6%	3.5%
Average household size	3.11	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1953	1952