Dunedin vs Tarpon Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Dunedin and Tarpon Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunedin has the higher population (36,060 vs 25,522 in Tarpon Springs). Tarpon Springs has the higher median household income ($68,877 vs $68,068 in Dunedin). Dunedin has the higher median home value ($341,700 vs $321,000 in Tarpon Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
Population	36,060	25,522
Median age	57.9 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,068	$68,877
Median home value	$341,700	$321,000
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,234
Housing units	21,411	13,198
Homeownership rate	68.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
Population	36,381 → 36,060 (-0.9%)	25,176 → 25,522 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$50,356 → $68,068 (+35.2%)	$50,012 → $68,877 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$198,700 → $341,700 (+72.0%)	$209,400 → $321,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,523 (+40.1%)	$851 → $1,234 (+45.0%)

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

Tarpon Springs

Population

25,17625,522

Median household income

$50,012$68,877

Median home value

$209,400$321,000

Median gross rent

$851$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
Under 5	3.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	8.3%	8.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	20.9%	16.9%
75 and over	13.8%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	80.1%
Black or African American	5.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
Drove alone	68.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	23.1%	19.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
1-unit, detached	45.7%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	16.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Dunedin	Tarpon Springs
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1976	1984