Fisher Island vs Homestead Base

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

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

Homestead Base has the higher population (1,334 vs 830 in Fisher Island). Fisher Island has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $9,960 in Homestead Base). Since 2019, Fisher Island's population has grown faster (+116.7% vs +26.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
Population	830	1,334
Median age	55.5 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$9,960
Median home value	$2,000,001	—
Housing units	649	253
Homeownership rate	93.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.2%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	38.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
Population	383 → 830 (+116.7%)	1,054 → 1,334 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$227,827 → $250,001 (+9.7%)	$16,168 → $9,960 (-38.4%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	—

Fisher Island

Population

383830

Median household income

$227,827$250,001

Median home value

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

Homestead Base

Population

1,0541,334

Median household income

$16,168$9,960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
Under 5	10.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	3.6%	34.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	17.8%	3.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	17.5%	1.9%
75 and over	22.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	5.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	59.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
No high school diploma	0.0%	34.9%
High school graduate	13.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	43.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
Drove alone	19.9%	17.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	27.9%
Public transit	0.0%	45.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.1%
Worked from home	73.9%	1.5%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
1-unit, detached	9.9%	15.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	34.4%	40.3%
20 or more units	55.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fisher Island	Homestead Base
Poverty rate	0.0%	82.5%
Average household size	2.40	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1987	2001