Dunedin vs Palm Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Dunedin and Palm Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunedin and Palm Harbor are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm Harbor has the higher population (61,454 vs 36,060 in Dunedin). Palm Harbor has the higher median household income ($75,354 vs $68,068 in Dunedin). Palm Harbor has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $341,700 in Dunedin).

Population, income & housing

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
Population	36,060	61,454
Median age	57.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,068	$75,354
Median home value	$341,700	$359,600
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,733
Housing units	21,411	30,353
Homeownership rate	68.6%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
Population	36,381 → 36,060 (-0.9%)	62,310 → 61,454 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$50,356 → $68,068 (+35.2%)	$59,557 → $75,354 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$198,700 → $341,700 (+72.0%)	$232,900 → $359,600 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,523 (+40.1%)	$1,296 → $1,733 (+33.7%)

Dunedin

Population

36,38136,060

Median household income

$50,356$68,068

Median home value

$198,700$341,700

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,523

Palm Harbor

Population

62,31061,454

Median household income

$59,557$75,354

Median home value

$232,900$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
Under 5	3.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	20.9%	13.9%
75 and over	13.8%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.2%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
Drove alone	68.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	23.1%	19.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
1-unit, detached	45.7%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	12.4%
20 or more units	16.7%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunedin	Palm Harbor
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1976	1985