Elfers vs Shady Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Elfers and Shady Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Elfers and Shady Hills are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elfers has the higher population (13,877 vs 12,012 in Shady Hills). Shady Hills has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $52,979 in Elfers). Shady Hills has the higher median home value ($225,600 vs $173,400 in Elfers).

Population, income & housing

	Elfers	Shady Hills
Population	13,877	12,012
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,979	$63,250
Median home value	$173,400	$225,600
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,054
Housing units	6,793	4,593
Homeownership rate	63.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elfers	Shady Hills
Population	12,600 → 13,877 (+10.1%)	12,252 → 12,012 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$41,176 → $52,979 (+28.7%)	$51,369 → $63,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $173,400 (+113.5%)	$139,200 → $225,600 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,304 (+21.5%)	$887 → $1,054 (+18.8%)

Elfers

Population

12,60013,877

Median household income

$41,176$52,979

Median home value

$81,200$173,400

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,304

Shady Hills

Population

12,25212,012

Median household income

$51,369$63,250

Median home value

$139,200$225,600

Median gross rent

$887$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elfers	Shady Hills
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.9%
75 and over	7.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elfers	Shady Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elfers	Shady Hills
No high school diploma	13.4%	17.0%
High school graduate	44.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elfers	Shady Hills
Drove alone	69.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.8%	12.9%
Other means	3.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elfers	Shady Hills
1-unit, detached	82.1%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	47.5%

Poverty & households

	Elfers	Shady Hills
Poverty rate	13.9%	12.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1975	1990