Goldenrod vs Union Park

A side-by-side comparison of Goldenrod and Union Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Goldenrod and Union Park 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 11,111 in Union Park). Union Park has the higher median household income ($64,481 vs $62,410 in Goldenrod). Goldenrod has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $272,700 in Union Park).

Population, income & housing

	Goldenrod	Union Park
Population	12,603	11,111
Median age	31.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,410	$64,481
Median home value	$332,700	$272,700
Median gross rent	$1,673	$1,464
Housing units	5,772	3,926
Homeownership rate	47.6%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldenrod	Union Park
Population	12,384 → 12,603 (+1.8%)	12,052 → 11,111 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$48,734 → $62,410 (+28.1%)	$54,963 → $64,481 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$218,000 → $332,700 (+52.6%)	$177,100 → $272,700 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,673 (+38.3%)	$1,191 → $1,464 (+22.9%)

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

Union Park

Population

12,05211,111

Median household income

$54,963$64,481

Median home value

$177,100$272,700

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goldenrod	Union Park
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	13.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	22.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.9%
75 and over	5.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldenrod	Union Park
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	34.6%
Black or African American	10.4%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	48.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldenrod	Union Park
No high school diploma	7.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	20.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldenrod	Union Park
Drove alone	72.2%	73.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	13.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	12.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldenrod	Union Park
1-unit, detached	49.6%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	24.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Goldenrod	Union Park
Poverty rate	16.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.33	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1979	1985