Medley vs Virginia Gardens

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

Medley 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 1,089 in Medley). Virginia Gardens has the higher median household income ($72,569 vs $41,250 in Medley). Virginia Gardens has the higher median home value ($445,200 vs $67,700 in Medley).

Population, income & housing

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
Population	1,089	2,306
Median age	57.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$72,569
Median home value	$67,700	$445,200
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,614
Housing units	470	862
Homeownership rate	63.2%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
Population	958 → 1,089 (+13.7%)	2,311 → 2,306 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$31,293 → $41,250 (+31.8%)	$50,417 → $72,569 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$42,300 → $67,700 (+60.0%)	$311,200 → $445,200 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,339 (+63.7%)	$1,184 → $1,614 (+36.3%)

Medley

Population

9581,089

Median household income

$31,293$41,250

Median home value

$42,300$67,700

Median gross rent

$818$1,339

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)

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
Under 5	3.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	6.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	25.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.8%
75 and over	16.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	3.3%	15.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	96.7%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
No high school diploma	51.1%	16.0%
High school graduate	15.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
Drove alone	76.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.4%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	3.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
1-unit, detached	14.5%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	79.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Medley	Virginia Gardens
Poverty rate	24.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1979	1960