Fort Pierce vs Indian River Estates

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

Fort Pierce 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.

Fort Pierce has the higher population (48,094 vs 7,331 in Indian River Estates). Indian River Estates has the higher median household income ($54,563 vs $46,745 in Fort Pierce). Indian River Estates has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $220,500 in Fort Pierce).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce	Indian River Estates
Population	48,094	7,331
Median age	38.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,745	$54,563
Median home value	$220,500	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,194	$2,177
Housing units	22,708	3,178
Homeownership rate	48.9%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce	Indian River Estates
Population	45,329 → 48,094 (+6.1%)	6,754 → 7,331 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$35,198 → $46,745 (+32.8%)	$44,413 → $54,563 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $220,500 (+94.1%)	$140,700 → $238,000 (+69.2%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,194 (+26.6%)	$1,443 → $2,177 (+50.9%)

Fort Pierce

Population

45,32948,094

Median household income

$35,198$46,745

Median home value

$113,600$220,500

Median gross rent

$943$1,194

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	Indian River Estates
Under 5	7.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.6%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce	Indian River Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	81.3%
Black or African American	41.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce	Indian River Estates
No high school diploma	22.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	29.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce	Indian River Estates
Drove alone	70.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	12.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce	Indian River Estates
1-unit, detached	40.9%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce	Indian River Estates
Poverty rate	26.2%	21.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1981	1986