Palatka vs Pomona Park

A side-by-side comparison of Palatka and Pomona Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Palatka and Pomona Park are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palatka has the higher population (10,558 vs 903 in Pomona Park). Pomona Park has the higher median household income ($41,953 vs $33,628 in Palatka). Pomona Park has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $112,300 in Palatka).

Population, income & housing

	Palatka	Pomona Park
Population	10,558	903
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,628	$41,953
Median home value	$112,300	$150,500
Median gross rent	$914	$900
Housing units	4,571	457
Homeownership rate	46.5%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palatka	Pomona Park
Population	10,363 → 10,558 (+1.9%)	1,120 → 903 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$26,881 → $33,628 (+25.1%)	$31,184 → $41,953 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $112,300 (+49.3%)	$74,800 → $150,500 (+101.2%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $914 (+28.0%)	$816 → $900 (+10.3%)

Palatka

Population

10,36310,558

Median household income

$26,881$33,628

Median home value

$75,200$112,300

Median gross rent

$714$914

Pomona Park

Population

1,120903

Median household income

$31,184$41,953

Median home value

$74,800$150,500

Median gross rent

$816$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palatka	Pomona Park
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.4%
75 and over	10.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palatka	Pomona Park
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	70.1%
Black or African American	44.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palatka	Pomona Park
No high school diploma	20.7%	22.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palatka	Pomona Park
Drove alone	80.9%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	13.5%
Public transit	1.6%	1.4%
Walked	2.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palatka	Pomona Park
1-unit, detached	58.9%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	40.3%

Poverty & households

	Palatka	Pomona Park
Poverty rate	34.1%	32.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1971	1979