Palm Harbor vs Tarpon Springs

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

Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs 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 25,522 in Tarpon Springs). Palm Harbor has the higher median household income ($75,354 vs $68,877 in Tarpon Springs). Palm Harbor has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $321,000 in Tarpon Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
Population	61,454	25,522
Median age	50.5 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,354	$68,877
Median home value	$359,600	$321,000
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,234
Housing units	30,353	13,198
Homeownership rate	77.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
Population	62,310 → 61,454 (-1.4%)	25,176 → 25,522 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$59,557 → $75,354 (+26.5%)	$50,012 → $68,877 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $359,600 (+54.4%)	$209,400 → $321,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $1,733 (+33.7%)	$851 → $1,234 (+45.0%)

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

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)

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
Under 5	3.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	16.9%
75 and over	13.8%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	80.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	24.1%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
Drove alone	71.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.7%	19.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
1-unit, detached	54.3%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	8.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Palm Harbor	Tarpon Springs
Poverty rate	10.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1985	1984