Indian River Estates vs Port St. Lucie

A side-by-side comparison of Indian River Estates and Port St. Lucie: population, income, housing, and more.

Indian River Estates 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 7,331 in Indian River Estates). Port St. Lucie has the higher median household income ($78,137 vs $54,563 in Indian River Estates). Port St. Lucie has the higher median home value ($327,700 vs $238,000 in Indian River Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
Population	7,331	220,453
Median age	43.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,563	$78,137
Median home value	$238,000	$327,700
Median gross rent	$2,177	$1,781
Housing units	3,178	86,398
Homeownership rate	91.4%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
Population	6,754 → 7,331 (+8.5%)	189,396 → 220,453 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$44,413 → $54,563 (+22.9%)	$60,587 → $78,137 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$140,700 → $238,000 (+69.2%)	$207,200 → $327,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,443 → $2,177 (+50.9%)	$1,417 → $1,781 (+25.7%)

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

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)

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.7%
75 and over	12.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	51.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
No high school diploma	10.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.6%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
Drove alone	81.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
1-unit, detached	88.2%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Indian River Estates	Port St. Lucie
Poverty rate	21.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1986	2001