Fort Pierce South vs Indian River Estates

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

Fort Pierce South 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 4,686 in Fort Pierce South). Indian River Estates has the higher median household income ($54,563 vs $42,222 in Fort Pierce South). Indian River Estates has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $211,100 in Fort Pierce South).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce South	Indian River Estates
Population	4,686	7,331
Median age	40.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,222	$54,563
Median home value	$211,100	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,059	$2,177
Housing units	2,317	3,178
Homeownership rate	65.0%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce South	Indian River Estates
Population	4,235 → 4,686 (+10.6%)	6,754 → 7,331 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$35,455 → $42,222 (+19.1%)	$44,413 → $54,563 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $211,100 (+53.5%)	$140,700 → $238,000 (+69.2%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,059 (+8.8%)	$1,443 → $2,177 (+50.9%)

Fort Pierce South

Population

4,2354,686

Median household income

$35,455$42,222

Median home value

$137,500$211,100

Median gross rent

$973$1,059

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 South	Indian River Estates
Under 5	3.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.9%
75 and over	9.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce South	Indian River Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	81.3%
Black or African American	16.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	2.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce South	Indian River Estates
No high school diploma	21.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce South	Indian River Estates
Drove alone	80.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce South	Indian River Estates
1-unit, detached	59.4%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce South	Indian River Estates
Poverty rate	19.6%	21.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1969	1986