Homestead Base vs Medley

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

Homestead Base and Medley 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 1,089 in Medley). Medley has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $9,960 in Homestead Base). Since 2019, Homestead Base's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs +13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead Base	Medley
Population	1,334	1,089
Median age	19.6 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$9,960	$41,250
Median home value	—	$67,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,339
Housing units	253	470
Homeownership rate	0.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	38.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead Base	Medley
Population	1,054 → 1,334 (+26.6%)	958 → 1,089 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$16,168 → $9,960 (-38.4%)	$31,293 → $41,250 (+31.8%)
Median home value	—	$42,300 → $67,700 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$818 → $1,339 (+63.7%)

Homestead Base

Population

1,0541,334

Median household income

$16,168$9,960

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)

	Homestead Base	Medley
Under 5	7.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	34.8%	10.5%
18 to 24	14.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	3.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	25.2%
65 to 74	1.9%	11.6%
75 and over	4.3%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead Base	Medley
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	3.3%
Black or African American	59.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
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	34.3%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead Base	Medley
No high school diploma	34.9%	51.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead Base	Medley
Drove alone	17.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	27.9%	12.6%
Public transit	45.7%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	1.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead Base	Medley
1-unit, detached	15.8%	14.5%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	40.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	79.8%

Poverty & households

	Homestead Base	Medley
Poverty rate	82.5%	24.4%
Average household size	4.14	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	2001	1979