El Portal vs Golden Beach

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

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

El Portal has the higher population (1,979 vs 614 in Golden Beach). Golden Beach has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $105,662 in El Portal). Golden Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $658,500 in El Portal).

Population, income & housing

	El Portal	Golden Beach
Population	1,979	614
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,662	$250,001
Median home value	$658,500	$2,000,001
Housing units	883	345
Homeownership rate	90.1%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.1%	76.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Portal	Golden Beach
Population	1,969 → 1,979 (+0.5%)	659 → 614 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$85,500 → $105,662 (+23.6%)	$193,000 → $250,001 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$396,400 → $658,500 (+66.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,341 (+21.9%)	$1,208 → $2,625 (+117.3%)

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

Golden Beach

Population

659614

Median household income

$193,000$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,208$2,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Portal	Golden Beach
Under 5	10.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	24.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	20.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	20.6%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.3%
75 and over	3.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Portal	Golden Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	59.6%
Black or African American	31.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	38.6%	39.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Portal	Golden Beach
No high school diploma	5.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	20.4%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	40.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Portal	Golden Beach
Drove alone	66.4%	68.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	17.5%
Other means	6.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Portal	Golden Beach
1-unit, detached	90.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	El Portal	Golden Beach
Poverty rate	3.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.42	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1952	1985