Florida City vs Olympia Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Florida City and Olympia Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Florida City and Olympia Heights are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olympia Heights has the higher population (13,179 vs 12,791 in Florida City). Olympia Heights has the higher median household income ($107,381 vs $47,754 in Florida City). Olympia Heights has the higher median home value ($497,300 vs $353,200 in Florida City).

Population, income & housing

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
Population	12,791	13,179
Median age	32.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,754	$107,381
Median home value	$353,200	$497,300
Median gross rent	$1,328	$2,341
Housing units	4,208	4,214
Homeownership rate	30.6%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
Population	11,928 → 12,791 (+7.2%)	13,958 → 13,179 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$35,253 → $47,754 (+35.5%)	$61,776 → $107,381 (+73.8%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $353,200 (+130.7%)	$348,500 → $497,300 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,328 (+13.7%)	$1,702 → $2,341 (+37.5%)

Florida City

Population

11,92812,791

Median household income

$35,253$47,754

Median home value

$153,100$353,200

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,328

Olympia Heights

Population

13,95813,179

Median household income

$61,776$107,381

Median home value

$348,500$497,300

Median gross rent

$1,702$2,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
Under 5	8.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	7.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	4.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	11.6%
Black or African American	41.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	87.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
No high school diploma	33.1%	15.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
Drove alone	76.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.5%
Public transit	2.9%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	22.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
1-unit, detached	42.5%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Florida City	Olympia Heights
Poverty rate	31.0%	12.4%
Average household size	3.22	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1992	1958