Nokomis vs Vamo

A side-by-side comparison of Nokomis and Vamo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nokomis has the higher population (3,391 vs 2,845 in Vamo). Vamo has the higher median household income ($85,094 vs $41,333 in Nokomis). Vamo has the higher median home value ($309,900 vs $225,100 in Nokomis).

Population, income & housing

	Nokomis	Vamo
Population	3,391	2,845
Median age	56.5 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,333	$85,094
Median home value	$225,100	$309,900
Median gross rent	$1,210	$3,501
Housing units	2,196	1,992
Homeownership rate	73.7%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nokomis	Vamo
Population	3,355 → 3,391 (+1.1%)	4,564 → 2,845 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$52,710 → $41,333 (-21.6%)	$55,482 → $85,094 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $225,100 (+47.0%)	$232,900 → $309,900 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,210 (+40.0%)	$1,359 → $3,501 (+157.6%)

Nokomis

Population

3,3553,391

Median household income

$52,710$41,333

Median home value

$153,100$225,100

Median gross rent

$864$1,210

Vamo

Population

4,5642,845

Median household income

$55,482$85,094

Median home value

$232,900$309,900

Median gross rent

$1,359$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nokomis	Vamo
Under 5	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	2.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	1.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	4.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.0%	17.5%
75 and over	14.0%	49.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nokomis	Vamo
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nokomis	Vamo
No high school diploma	10.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nokomis	Vamo
Drove alone	65.9%	72.2%
Carpooled	17.8%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	10.5%
Other means	3.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nokomis	Vamo
1-unit, detached	52.2%	26.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	24.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	31.5%
Mobile home & other	42.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nokomis	Vamo
Poverty rate	11.9%	2.4%
Average household size	1.88	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1978	1979