Fort Pierce North vs Port St. Lucie

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Pierce North and Port St. Lucie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port St. Lucie has the higher population (220,453 vs 7,023 in Fort Pierce North). Port St. Lucie has the higher median household income ($78,137 vs $36,707 in Fort Pierce North). Port St. Lucie has the higher median home value ($327,700 vs $151,500 in Fort Pierce North).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
Population	7,023	220,453
Median age	39.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,707	$78,137
Median home value	$151,500	$327,700
Median gross rent	$893	$1,781
Housing units	3,062	86,398
Homeownership rate	55.6%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
Population	6,926 → 7,023 (+1.4%)	189,396 → 220,453 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$28,712 → $36,707 (+27.8%)	$60,587 → $78,137 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $151,500 (+73.5%)	$207,200 → $327,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $893 (+10.1%)	$1,417 → $1,781 (+25.7%)

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

Port St. Lucie

Population

189,396220,453

Median household income

$60,587$78,137

Median home value

$207,200$327,700

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
Under 5	3.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.7%
75 and over	7.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	51.8%
Black or African American	56.8%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
No high school diploma	30.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	29.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
Drove alone	82.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.0%	10.5%
Other means	4.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
1-unit, detached	71.8%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce North	Port St. Lucie
Poverty rate	22.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1974	2001