Homestead Base vs Virginia Gardens

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

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

Virginia Gardens has the higher population (2,306 vs 1,334 in Homestead Base). Virginia Gardens has the higher median household income ($72,569 vs $9,960 in Homestead Base). Since 2019, Homestead Base's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
Population	1,334	2,306
Median age	19.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$9,960	$72,569
Median home value	—	$445,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,614
Housing units	253	862
Homeownership rate	0.0%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	38.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
Population	1,054 → 1,334 (+26.6%)	2,311 → 2,306 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$16,168 → $9,960 (-38.4%)	$50,417 → $72,569 (+43.9%)
Median home value	—	$311,200 → $445,200 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,184 → $1,614 (+36.3%)

Homestead Base

Population

1,0541,334

Median household income

$16,168$9,960

Virginia Gardens

Population

2,3112,306

Median household income

$50,417$72,569

Median home value

$311,200$445,200

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
Under 5	7.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	34.8%	10.4%
18 to 24	14.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	3.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	1.9%	11.8%
75 and over	4.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	15.4%
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%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.3%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
No high school diploma	34.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
Drove alone	17.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	27.9%	3.9%
Public transit	45.7%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	6.1%	3.2%
Worked from home	1.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
1-unit, detached	15.8%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	40.3%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Homestead Base	Virginia Gardens
Poverty rate	82.5%	9.3%
Average household size	4.14	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	2001	1960