Seminole vs Tarpon Springs

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

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

Tarpon Springs has the higher population (25,522 vs 19,336 in Seminole). Seminole has the higher median household income ($77,335 vs $68,877 in Tarpon Springs). Tarpon Springs has the higher median home value ($321,000 vs $312,700 in Seminole).

Population, income & housing

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
Population	19,336	25,522
Median age	53.7 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,335	$68,877
Median home value	$312,700	$321,000
Median gross rent	$1,645	$1,234
Housing units	10,998	13,198
Homeownership rate	73.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
Population	18,657 → 19,336 (+3.6%)	25,176 → 25,522 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$53,975 → $77,335 (+43.3%)	$50,012 → $68,877 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $312,700 (+53.4%)	$209,400 → $321,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $1,645 (+44.7%)	$851 → $1,234 (+45.0%)

Seminole

Population

18,65719,336

Median household income

$53,975$77,335

Median home value

$203,800$312,700

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,645

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)

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
Under 5	2.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	20.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	16.9%
75 and over	18.0%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	80.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	25.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
Drove alone	73.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.8%	19.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
1-unit, detached	39.7%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	24.9%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Seminole	Tarpon Springs
Poverty rate	8.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1979	1984