Black Hammock vs Fern Park

A side-by-side comparison of Black Hammock and Fern Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fern Park has the higher population (8,593 vs 1,194 in Black Hammock). Fern Park has the higher median home value ($321,400 vs $278,400 in Black Hammock). Since 2019, Black Hammock's population has grown faster (+28.7% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
Population	1,194	8,593
Median age	61.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,828
Median home value	$278,400	$321,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,440
Housing units	631	3,983
Homeownership rate	98.4%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
Population	928 → 1,194 (+28.7%)	8,694 → 8,593 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $40,991 (-49.5%)	$60,199 → $60,828 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$354,300 → $278,400 (-21.4%)	$219,800 → $321,400 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,131 → $1,440 (+27.3%)

Black Hammock

Population

9281,194

Median household income

$81,250$40,991

Median home value

$354,300$278,400

Fern Park

Population

8,6948,593

Median household income

$60,199$60,828

Median home value

$219,800$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
Under 5	2.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	5.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	13.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	3.6%	21.7%
35 to 44	4.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	2.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	47.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.7%	7.6%
75 and over	3.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	68.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	52.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
Drove alone	79.4%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
1-unit, detached	88.9%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Black Hammock	Fern Park
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.1%
Average household size	1.82	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1988	1974