Fort Pierce North vs Indian River Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Pierce North and Indian River Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Pierce North and Indian River Estates are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Indian River Estates has the higher population (7,331 vs 7,023 in Fort Pierce North). Indian River Estates has the higher median household income ($54,563 vs $36,707 in Fort Pierce North). Indian River Estates has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $151,500 in Fort Pierce North).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
Population	7,023	7,331
Median age	39.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,707	$54,563
Median home value	$151,500	$238,000
Median gross rent	$893	$2,177
Housing units	3,062	3,178
Homeownership rate	55.6%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
Population	6,926 → 7,023 (+1.4%)	6,754 → 7,331 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$28,712 → $36,707 (+27.8%)	$44,413 → $54,563 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $151,500 (+73.5%)	$140,700 → $238,000 (+69.2%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $893 (+10.1%)	$1,443 → $2,177 (+50.9%)

Fort Pierce North

Population

6,9267,023

Median household income

$28,712$36,707

Median home value

$87,300$151,500

Median gross rent

$811$893

Indian River Estates

Population

6,7547,331

Median household income

$44,413$54,563

Median home value

$140,700$238,000

Median gross rent

$1,443$2,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
Under 5	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	56.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
No high school diploma	30.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
Drove alone	82.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	12.0%
Public transit	2.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.4%
Other means	4.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
1-unit, detached	71.8%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce North	Indian River Estates
Poverty rate	22.1%	21.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1974	1986