Bithlo vs Doctor Phillips

A side-by-side comparison of Bithlo and Doctor Phillips: population, income, housing, and more.

Bithlo and Doctor Phillips are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Doctor Phillips has the higher population (12,458 vs 10,790 in Bithlo). Doctor Phillips has the higher median household income ($101,540 vs $96,250 in Bithlo). Doctor Phillips has the higher median home value ($484,000 vs $356,400 in Bithlo).

Population, income & housing

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
Population	10,790	12,458
Median age	36.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$101,540
Median home value	$356,400	$484,000
Median gross rent	$1,373	$2,358
Housing units	3,686	6,184
Homeownership rate	73.7%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
Population	9,627 → 10,790 (+12.1%)	10,488 → 12,458 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $96,250 (+28.3%)	$105,714 → $101,540 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $356,400 (+39.1%)	$366,900 → $484,000 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,373 (+57.6%)	$1,987 → $2,358 (+18.7%)

Bithlo

Population

9,62710,790

Median household income

$75,000$96,250

Median home value

$256,300$356,400

Median gross rent

$871$1,373

Doctor Phillips

Population

10,48812,458

Median household income

$105,714$101,540

Median home value

$366,900$484,000

Median gross rent

$1,987$2,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
Under 5	9.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	18.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.2%
75 and over	3.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	56.5%
Black or African American	15.2%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
Drove alone	67.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	13.9%	6.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	16.5%
Other means	3.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
1-unit, detached	56.1%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	39.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bithlo	Doctor Phillips
Poverty rate	23.7%	11.1%
Average household size	3.25	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	2002	1994