Feather Sound vs Madeira Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Feather Sound and Madeira Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madeira Beach has the higher population (3,937 vs 3,309 in Feather Sound). Feather Sound has the higher median household income ($100,070 vs $79,798 in Madeira Beach). Madeira Beach has the higher median home value ($696,400 vs $408,100 in Feather Sound).

Population, income & housing

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
Population	3,309	3,937
Median age	48.3 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,070	$79,798
Median home value	$408,100	$696,400
Median gross rent	$1,717	$2,080
Housing units	2,012	3,920
Homeownership rate	71.5%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
Population	3,671 → 3,309 (-9.9%)	4,300 → 3,937 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$78,654 → $100,070 (+27.2%)	$65,118 → $79,798 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$313,000 → $408,100 (+30.4%)	$431,800 → $696,400 (+61.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,717 (+27.5%)	$1,010 → $2,080 (+105.9%)

Feather Sound

Population

3,6713,309

Median household income

$78,654$100,070

Median home value

$313,000$408,100

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,717

Madeira Beach

Population

4,3003,937

Median household income

$65,118$79,798

Median home value

$431,800$696,400

Median gross rent

$1,010$2,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
Under 5	4.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	3.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	33.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	17.5%
75 and over	10.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	79.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	9.7%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
Drove alone	66.9%	62.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
1-unit, detached	26.1%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	16.0%
20 or more units	19.3%	30.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Feather Sound	Madeira Beach
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	43
Median year structure built	1985	1974