Fort Pierce vs River Park

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

Fort Pierce and River Park 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 6,415 in River Park). River Park has the higher median household income ($57,370 vs $46,745 in Fort Pierce). Fort Pierce has the higher median home value ($220,500 vs $196,500 in River Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce	River Park
Population	48,094	6,415
Median age	38.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,745	$57,370
Median home value	$220,500	$196,500
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,580
Housing units	22,708	2,906
Homeownership rate	48.9%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce	River Park
Population	45,329 → 48,094 (+6.1%)	7,071 → 6,415 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$35,198 → $46,745 (+32.8%)	$39,573 → $57,370 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $220,500 (+94.1%)	$115,300 → $196,500 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,194 (+26.6%)	$1,150 → $1,580 (+37.4%)

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

River Park

Population

7,0716,415

Median household income

$39,573$57,370

Median home value

$115,300$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Pierce	River Park
Under 5	7.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.6%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce	River Park
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	46.6%
Black or African American	41.7%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce	River Park
No high school diploma	22.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce	River Park
Drove alone	70.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.0%
Other means	1.9%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce	River Park
1-unit, detached	40.9%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	10.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce	River Park
Poverty rate	26.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1981	1974