Leisure City vs Palmetto Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Leisure City and Palmetto Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leisure City has the higher population (26,917 vs 24,247 in Palmetto Bay). Palmetto Bay has the higher median household income ($143,368 vs $48,640 in Leisure City). Palmetto Bay has the higher median home value ($787,000 vs $333,100 in Leisure City).

Population, income & housing

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
Population	26,917	24,247
Median age	33.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,640	$143,368
Median home value	$333,100	$787,000
Median gross rent	$1,590	$1,862
Housing units	8,428	8,760
Homeownership rate	45.3%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	61.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
Population	26,652 → 26,917 (+1.0%)	24,333 → 24,247 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$36,609 → $48,640 (+32.9%)	$123,477 → $143,368 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$194,400 → $333,100 (+71.3%)	$562,300 → $787,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,590 (+40.0%)	$1,426 → $1,862 (+30.6%)

Leisure City

Population

26,65226,917

Median household income

$36,609$48,640

Median home value

$194,400$333,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,590

Palmetto Bay

Population

24,33324,247

Median household income

$123,477$143,368

Median home value

$562,300$787,000

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
Under 5	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.1%
75 and over	5.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	38.9%
Black or African American	12.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	80.2%	48.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
No high school diploma	29.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	38.3%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
Drove alone	76.3%	63.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	10.3%
Public transit	1.3%	2.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	19.6%
Other means	1.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
1-unit, detached	57.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	18.1%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leisure City	Palmetto Bay
Poverty rate	22.9%	6.4%
Average household size	3.31	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1979	1976