Fern Park vs Heathrow

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

Fern Park and Heathrow 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 7,033 in Heathrow). Heathrow has the higher median household income ($122,837 vs $60,828 in Fern Park). Heathrow has the higher median home value ($543,600 vs $321,400 in Fern Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Park	Heathrow
Population	8,593	7,033
Median age	39.3 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,828	$122,837
Median home value	$321,400	$543,600
Median gross rent	$1,440	$1,904
Housing units	3,983	3,168
Homeownership rate	57.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	72.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Park	Heathrow
Population	8,694 → 8,593 (-1.2%)	6,987 → 7,033 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$60,199 → $60,828 (+1.0%)	$105,833 → $122,837 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$219,800 → $321,400 (+46.2%)	$446,400 → $543,600 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,440 (+27.3%)	$1,519 → $1,904 (+25.3%)

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

Heathrow

Population

6,9877,033

Median household income

$105,833$122,837

Median home value

$446,400$543,600

Median gross rent

$1,519$1,904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Park	Heathrow
Under 5	6.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	21.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	21.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	13.0%
75 and over	8.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Park	Heathrow
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	68.9%
Black or African American	6.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Park	Heathrow
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	21.7%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	48.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Park	Heathrow
Drove alone	74.0%	57.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	38.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Park	Heathrow
1-unit, detached	50.9%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	19.9%
20 or more units	4.4%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Park	Heathrow
Poverty rate	10.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1974	1998