Belleair Beach vs Indian Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Belleair Beach and Indian Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belleair Beach has the higher population (1,506 vs 1,204 in Indian Shores). Belleair Beach has the higher median household income ($137,045 vs $102,250 in Indian Shores). Belleair Beach has the higher median home value ($987,000 vs $627,100 in Indian Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
Population	1,506	1,204
Median age	57.9 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$137,045	$102,250
Median home value	$987,000	$627,100
Median gross rent	$2,955	$2,404
Housing units	1,152	2,544
Homeownership rate	94.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
Population	1,485 → 1,506 (+1.4%)	1,189 → 1,204 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$84,028 → $137,045 (+63.1%)	$74,038 → $102,250 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$593,800 → $987,000 (+66.2%)	$439,000 → $627,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,396 → $2,955 (+23.3%)	$1,962 → $2,404 (+22.5%)

Belleair Beach

Population

1,4851,506

Median household income

$84,028$137,045

Median home value

$593,800$987,000

Median gross rent

$2,396$2,955

Indian Shores

Population

1,1891,204

Median household income

$74,038$102,250

Median home value

$439,000$627,100

Median gross rent

$1,962$2,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
Under 5	0.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	7.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	2.1%
35 to 44	6.0%	4.9%
45 to 54	17.4%	17.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	21.4%	22.3%
75 and over	14.7%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	11.3%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
Drove alone	68.5%	65.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.2%	26.4%
Other means	0.5%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
1-unit, detached	65.4%	6.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	22.8%
20 or more units	20.3%	59.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Belleair Beach	Indian Shores
Poverty rate	8.4%	11.1%
Average household size	2.26	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1976	1980