Fisher Island vs Golden Beach

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

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

Fisher Island has the higher population (830 vs 614 in Golden Beach). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
Population	830	614
Median age	55.5 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Housing units	649	345
Homeownership rate	93.9%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.2%	76.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
Population	383 → 830 (+116.7%)	659 → 614 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$227,827 → $250,001 (+9.7%)	$193,000 → $250,001 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,208 → $2,625 (+117.3%)

Fisher Island

Population

383830

Median household income

$227,827$250,001

Median home value

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

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)

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
Under 5	10.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	3.6%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	17.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	17.5%	8.3%
75 and over	22.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	59.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	39.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	13.9%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	43.2%	40.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
Drove alone	19.9%	68.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	73.9%	17.5%
Other means	6.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
1-unit, detached	9.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	34.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	55.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fisher Island	Golden Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.40	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1987	1985