Beacon Square vs Dade City

A side-by-side comparison of Beacon Square and Dade City: population, income, housing, and more.

Beacon Square and Dade City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beacon Square has the higher population (7,643 vs 7,570 in Dade City). Dade City has the higher median household income ($63,041 vs $52,598 in Beacon Square). Dade City has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $147,100 in Beacon Square).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon Square	Dade City
Population	7,643	7,570
Median age	47.0 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,598	$63,041
Median home value	$147,100	$211,900
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,002
Housing units	4,204	3,213
Homeownership rate	71.5%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon Square	Dade City
Population	6,976 → 7,643 (+9.6%)	7,121 → 7,570 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$37,958 → $52,598 (+38.6%)	$46,635 → $63,041 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $147,100 (+79.6%)	$106,300 → $211,900 (+99.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $1,318 (+26.9%)	$1,061 → $1,002 (-5.6%)

Beacon Square

Population

6,9767,643

Median household income

$37,958$52,598

Median home value

$81,900$147,100

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,318

Dade City

Population

7,1217,570

Median household income

$46,635$63,041

Median home value

$106,300$211,900

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon Square	Dade City
Under 5	2.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.5%
75 and over	10.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon Square	Dade City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	63.3%
Black or African American	8.4%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon Square	Dade City
No high school diploma	7.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon Square	Dade City
Drove alone	73.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	8.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon Square	Dade City
1-unit, detached	80.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Beacon Square	Dade City
Poverty rate	15.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1975	1977