El Portal vs Medley

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

El Portal and Medley 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 1,089 in Medley). El Portal has the higher median household income ($105,662 vs $41,250 in Medley). El Portal has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $67,700 in Medley).

Population, income & housing

	El Portal	Medley
Population	1,979	1,089
Median age	40.3 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,662	$41,250
Median home value	$658,500	$67,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,339
Housing units	883	470
Homeownership rate	90.1%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Portal	Medley
Population	1,969 → 1,979 (+0.5%)	958 → 1,089 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$85,500 → $105,662 (+23.6%)	$31,293 → $41,250 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$396,400 → $658,500 (+66.1%)	$42,300 → $67,700 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,341 (+21.9%)	$818 → $1,339 (+63.7%)

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

Medley

Population

9581,089

Median household income

$31,293$41,250

Median home value

$42,300$67,700

Median gross rent

$818$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Portal	Medley
Under 5	10.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	20.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	20.6%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	25.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.6%
75 and over	3.8%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Portal	Medley
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	3.3%
Black or African American	31.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	38.6%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Portal	Medley
No high school diploma	5.7%	51.1%
High school graduate	20.4%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Portal	Medley
Drove alone	66.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	18.6%	8.5%
Other means	6.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Portal	Medley
1-unit, detached	90.6%	14.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	79.8%

Poverty & households

	El Portal	Medley
Poverty rate	3.5%	24.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1952	1979