Ponce Inlet vs Samsula-Spruce Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Ponce Inlet and Samsula-Spruce Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Ponce Inlet and Samsula-Spruce Creek are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Samsula-Spruce Creek has the higher population (5,174 vs 3,392 in Ponce Inlet). Ponce Inlet has the higher median household income ($100,313 vs $90,575 in Samsula-Spruce Creek). Ponce Inlet has the higher median home value ($502,100 vs $384,100 in Samsula-Spruce Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Population	3,392	5,174
Median age	66.3 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,313	$90,575
Median home value	$502,100	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,886	$2,440
Housing units	3,102	2,289
Homeownership rate	89.6%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Population	3,230 → 3,392 (+5.0%)	5,637 → 5,174 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$88,182 → $100,313 (+13.8%)	$88,257 → $90,575 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$375,800 → $502,100 (+33.6%)	$329,100 → $384,100 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,172 → $1,886 (-13.2%)	$1,508 → $2,440 (+61.8%)

Ponce Inlet

Population

3,2303,392

Median household income

$88,182$100,313

Median home value

$375,800$502,100

Median gross rent

$2,172$1,886

Samsula-Spruce Creek

Population

5,6375,174

Median household income

$88,257$90,575

Median home value

$329,100$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,508$2,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Under 5	1.5%	0.8%
5 to 17	3.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	3.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	5.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	18.3%	29.9%
65 to 74	30.2%	18.0%
75 and over	22.7%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	19.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Drove alone	60.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	14.8%
Other means	3.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
1-unit, detached	32.6%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	58.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Ponce Inlet	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1993	1988