Fairview Shores vs Goldenrod

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview Shores and Goldenrod: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairview Shores and Goldenrod are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goldenrod has the higher population (12,603 vs 11,064 in Fairview Shores). Goldenrod has the higher median household income ($62,410 vs $61,387 in Fairview Shores). Goldenrod has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $315,200 in Fairview Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
Population	11,064	12,603
Median age	40.7 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,387	$62,410
Median home value	$315,200	$332,700
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,673
Housing units	5,031	5,772
Homeownership rate	49.1%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
Population	10,467 → 11,064 (+5.7%)	12,384 → 12,603 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$49,963 → $61,387 (+22.9%)	$48,734 → $62,410 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$206,200 → $315,200 (+52.9%)	$218,000 → $332,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,246 (+18.1%)	$1,210 → $1,673 (+38.3%)

Fairview Shores

Population

10,46711,064

Median household income

$49,963$61,387

Median home value

$206,200$315,200

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,246

Goldenrod

Population

12,38412,603

Median household income

$48,734$62,410

Median home value

$218,000$332,700

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	13.7%
25 to 34	19.7%	22.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.2%
75 and over	7.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
White (non-Hispanic)	49.5%	52.0%
Black or African American	19.5%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
No high school diploma	13.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
Drove alone	67.6%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	9.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	14.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
1-unit, detached	64.3%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	24.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairview Shores	Goldenrod
Poverty rate	12.4%	16.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1966	1979