North Port vs Palmer Ranch

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

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

North Port has the higher population (80,512 vs 15,873 in Palmer Ranch). Palmer Ranch has the higher median household income ($103,682 vs $81,940 in North Port). Palmer Ranch has the higher median home value ($563,000 vs $328,700 in North Port).

Population, income & housing

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
Population	80,512	15,873
Median age	48.6 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,940	$103,682
Median home value	$328,700	$563,000
Median gross rent	$1,738	$1,819
Housing units	36,401	10,043
Homeownership rate	81.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
Population	66,410 → 80,512 (+21.2%)	13,802 → 15,873 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$62,097 → $81,940 (+32.0%)	$89,000 → $103,682 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $328,700 (+74.2%)	$422,700 → $563,000 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,234 → $1,738 (+40.8%)	$1,685 → $1,819 (+8.0%)

North Port

Population

66,41080,512

Median household income

$62,097$81,940

Median home value

$188,700$328,700

Median gross rent

$1,234$1,738

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)

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
Under 5	4.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	5.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	5.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	17.0%	19.4%
75 and over	10.3%	31.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	28.7%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
Drove alone	76.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.4%	20.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
1-unit, detached	79.6%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	16.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	North Port	Palmer Ranch
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.55	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	2004	1999