Fruitville vs Palmer Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitville and Palmer Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

Fruitville and Palmer Ranch are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palmer Ranch has the higher population (15,873 vs 15,828 in Fruitville). Palmer Ranch has the higher median household income ($103,682 vs $86,500 in Fruitville). Palmer Ranch has the higher median home value ($563,000 vs $379,600 in Fruitville).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
Population	15,828	15,873
Median age	46.6 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$103,682
Median home value	$379,600	$563,000
Median gross rent	$1,882	$1,819
Housing units	7,785	10,043
Homeownership rate	61.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
Population	14,068 → 15,828 (+12.5%)	13,802 → 15,873 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$75,693 → $86,500 (+14.3%)	$89,000 → $103,682 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$258,700 → $379,600 (+46.7%)	$422,700 → $563,000 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,501 → $1,882 (+25.4%)	$1,685 → $1,819 (+8.0%)

Fruitville

Population

14,06815,828

Median household income

$75,693$86,500

Median home value

$258,700$379,600

Median gross rent

$1,501$1,882

Palmer Ranch

Population

13,80215,873

Median household income

$89,000$103,682

Median home value

$422,700$563,000

Median gross rent

$1,685$1,819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
Under 5	5.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	5.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.4%
75 and over	12.9%	31.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	85.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
Drove alone	79.2%	73.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	20.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
1-unit, detached	64.2%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	16.8%
20 or more units	17.6%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fruitville	Palmer Ranch
Poverty rate	7.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.18	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1989	1999