Gulfport vs Safety Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Gulfport and Safety Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Safety Harbor has the higher population (17,040 vs 11,735 in Gulfport). Safety Harbor has the higher median household income ($105,813 vs $68,617 in Gulfport). Safety Harbor has the higher median home value ($433,300 vs $335,100 in Gulfport).

Population, income & housing

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
Population	11,735	17,040
Median age	58.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,617	$105,813
Median home value	$335,100	$433,300
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,719
Housing units	8,007	7,602
Homeownership rate	74.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
Population	12,335 → 11,735 (-4.9%)	17,803 → 17,040 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$52,705 → $68,617 (+30.2%)	$78,026 → $105,813 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$185,600 → $335,100 (+80.5%)	$268,800 → $433,300 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,487 (+38.8%)	$1,319 → $1,719 (+30.3%)

Gulfport

Population

12,33511,735

Median household income

$52,705$68,617

Median home value

$185,600$335,100

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,487

Safety Harbor

Population

17,80317,040

Median household income

$78,026$105,813

Median home value

$268,800$433,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
Under 5	2.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	7.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	21.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	19.6%	13.0%
75 and over	16.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	74.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	23.4%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
Drove alone	66.1%	65.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.7%	23.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
1-unit, detached	60.2%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	22.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Gulfport	Safety Harbor
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.8%
Average household size	1.89	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1966	1984