Fruit Cove vs Palm Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Fruit Cove and Palm Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Fruit Cove and Palm Valley are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fruit Cove has the higher population (35,609 vs 19,775 in Palm Valley). Fruit Cove has the higher median household income ($137,906 vs $118,280 in Palm Valley). Palm Valley has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $451,600 in Fruit Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
Population	35,609	19,775
Median age	41.8 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,906	$118,280
Median home value	$451,600	$646,200
Median gross rent	$2,261	$1,804
Housing units	12,489	9,710
Homeownership rate	85.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
Population	31,314 → 35,609 (+13.7%)	21,292 → 19,775 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$107,557 → $137,906 (+28.2%)	$109,000 → $118,280 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$333,400 → $451,600 (+35.5%)	$476,800 → $646,200 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,763 → $2,261 (+28.2%)	$1,397 → $1,804 (+29.1%)

Fruit Cove

Population

31,31435,609

Median household income

$107,557$137,906

Median home value

$333,400$451,600

Median gross rent

$1,763$2,261

Palm Valley

Population

21,29219,775

Median household income

$109,000$118,280

Median home value

$476,800$646,200

Median gross rent

$1,397$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
Under 5	3.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.2%
75 and over	6.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	5.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	18.9%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
Drove alone	69.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	26.6%	22.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
1-unit, detached	87.5%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fruit Cove	Palm Valley
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	2002	1991