Briny Breezes vs Gulf Stream

A side-by-side comparison of Briny Breezes and Gulf Stream: population, income, housing, and more.

Briny Breezes and Gulf Stream are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gulf Stream has the higher population (766 vs 465 in Briny Breezes). Gulf Stream has the higher median household income ($196,806 vs $68,571 in Briny Breezes). Gulf Stream has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $243,500 in Briny Breezes).

Population, income & housing

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
Population	465	766
Median age	71.5 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,571	$196,806
Median home value	$243,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,250	$2,019
Housing units	682	591
Homeownership rate	86.7%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	74.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
Population	708 → 465 (-34.3%)	1,053 → 766 (-27.3%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $68,571 (+37.8%)	$216,250 → $196,806 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $243,500 (+48.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,574 → $1,250 (-20.6%)	$2,135 → $2,019 (-5.4%)

Briny Breezes

Population

708465

Median household income

$49,750$68,571

Median home value

$164,400$243,500

Median gross rent

$1,574$1,250

Gulf Stream

Population

1,053766

Median household income

$216,250$196,806

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,135$2,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
Under 5	1.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	1.3%	8.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	1.3%	3.7%
35 to 44	1.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	5.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	21.1%	24.2%
65 to 74	29.0%	21.3%
75 and over	39.1%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	22.7%	5.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	43.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
Drove alone	66.7%	67.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	20.5%
Other means	2.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
1-unit, detached	5.9%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	94.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briny Breezes	Gulf Stream
Poverty rate	5.8%	7.2%
Average household size	1.58	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1977	1977