Olympia Heights vs Sunset

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

Olympia Heights and Sunset are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sunset has the higher population (13,652 vs 13,179 in Olympia Heights). Olympia Heights has the higher median household income ($107,381 vs $99,764 in Sunset). Sunset has the higher median home value ($537,500 vs $497,300 in Olympia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
Population	13,179	13,652
Median age	46.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,381	$99,764
Median home value	$497,300	$537,500
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,894
Housing units	4,214	5,304
Homeownership rate	85.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
Population	13,958 → 13,179 (-5.6%)	15,871 → 13,652 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$61,776 → $107,381 (+73.8%)	$84,552 → $99,764 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $497,300 (+42.7%)	$388,800 → $537,500 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,702 → $2,341 (+37.5%)	$1,443 → $1,894 (+31.3%)

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

Sunset

Population

15,87113,652

Median household income

$84,552$99,764

Median home value

$388,800$537,500

Median gross rent

$1,443$1,894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.1%
75 and over	11.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
White (non-Hispanic)	11.6%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	87.6%	84.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
No high school diploma	15.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
Drove alone	69.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
1-unit, detached	91.1%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Olympia Heights	Sunset
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.1%
Average household size	3.16	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1958	1970