Goulds vs Olympia Heights

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

Goulds 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 12,019 in Goulds). Olympia Heights has the higher median household income ($107,381 vs $58,291 in Goulds). Olympia Heights has the higher median home value ($497,300 vs $415,100 in Goulds).

Population, income & housing

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
Population	12,019	13,179
Median age	40.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,291	$107,381
Median home value	$415,100	$497,300
Median gross rent	$1,104	$2,341
Housing units	4,171	4,214
Homeownership rate	50.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
Population	11,984 → 12,019 (+0.3%)	13,958 → 13,179 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$41,051 → $58,291 (+42.0%)	$61,776 → $107,381 (+73.8%)
Median home value	$260,600 → $415,100 (+59.3%)	$348,500 → $497,300 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,104 (+23.4%)	$1,702 → $2,341 (+37.5%)

Goulds

Population

11,98412,019

Median household income

$41,051$58,291

Median home value

$260,600$415,100

Median gross rent

$895$1,104

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)

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
Under 5	8.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	11.6%
Black or African American	36.3%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.4%	87.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
No high school diploma	23.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
Drove alone	81.9%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.5%
Public transit	4.9%	1.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	22.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
1-unit, detached	57.2%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goulds	Olympia Heights
Poverty rate	20.0%	12.4%
Average household size	3.16	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1991	1958