Biscayne Park vs Homestead Base

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

Biscayne Park and Homestead Base 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 1,334 in Homestead Base). Biscayne Park has the higher median household income ($84,750 vs $9,960 in Homestead Base). Since 2019, Homestead Base's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs -2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
Population	3,056	1,334
Median age	28.8 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,750	$9,960
Median home value	$606,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,615	—
Housing units	1,094	253
Homeownership rate	72.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	38.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
Population	3,124 → 3,056 (-2.2%)	1,054 → 1,334 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$87,712 → $84,750 (-3.4%)	$16,168 → $9,960 (-38.4%)
Median home value	$457,300 → $606,800 (+32.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,615 (+16.3%)	—

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

Homestead Base

Population

1,0541,334

Median household income

$16,168$9,960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
Under 5	20.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	34.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	14.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	3.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	7.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	1.9%
75 and over	2.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	5.9%
Black or African American	37.9%	59.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
No high school diploma	7.2%	34.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
Drove alone	76.1%	17.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	27.9%
Public transit	0.0%	45.7%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.1%
Worked from home	13.1%	1.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
1-unit, detached	67.1%	15.8%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	40.3%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Biscayne Park	Homestead Base
Poverty rate	29.6%	82.5%
Average household size	3.11	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1953	2001