Biscayne Park vs Surfside

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

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

Surfside has the higher population (5,566 vs 3,056 in Biscayne Park). Surfside has the higher median household income ($88,938 vs $84,750 in Biscayne Park). Surfside has the higher median home value ($736,800 vs $606,800 in Biscayne Park).

Population, income & housing

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
Population	3,056	5,566
Median age	28.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,750	$88,938
Median home value	$606,800	$736,800
Median gross rent	$1,615	$1,795
Housing units	1,094	3,841
Homeownership rate	72.3%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
Population	3,124 → 3,056 (-2.2%)	5,725 → 5,566 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$87,712 → $84,750 (-3.4%)	$69,063 → $88,938 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$457,300 → $606,800 (+32.7%)	$625,500 → $736,800 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,615 (+16.3%)	$1,977 → $1,795 (-9.2%)

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

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)

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
Under 5	20.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	11.0%
75 and over	2.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	57.5%
Black or African American	37.9%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	34.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
Drove alone	76.1%	65.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	6.5%
Walked	2.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	13.1%	17.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
1-unit, detached	67.1%	35.9%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	11.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	48.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Biscayne Park	Surfside
Poverty rate	29.6%	15.4%
Average household size	3.11	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1953	1971