City safety & data profile

Port Saint LucieFL

Port Saint Lucie, FL is a 165K-resident city in St. Lucie County with a median household income of $80,648.

St. Lucie County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Port Saint Lucie, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Port Saint Lucie has a population larger than 96% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $369,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

165K
Population (place)
Top 4%
By size
$80,648
Median income (place)
$369,200
Median home (place)
9.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Port Saint Lucie

Port Saint Lucie posts a median household income higher than 50% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Port Saint Lucie area.

Top 50%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Port Saint Lucie

Where Port Saint Lucie income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$80,648 Top 50% higher than 50% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Port Saint Lucie $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Port Saint Lucie, FL beyond the headline numbers

Port Saint Lucie sits inside St. Lucie County, Florida, at roughly 27.29°N, -80.35°W. Population 164,603, $80,648 median household income. Median home value $369,200, median rent $1,937. Poverty rate 9.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Port Saint Lucie, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 9.5%, poverty in Port Saint Lucie, FL runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Port Saint Lucie runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

12.8% of Port Saint Lucie workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 14.5% in Port Saint Lucie, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 43.9 years, Port Saint Lucie's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Port Saint Lucie from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
164,603
Port Saint Lucie · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$80,648
-10% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$369,200
-11% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (St. Lucie County): Port Saint Lucie's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
361K+28%
Median Income
$71,457+65%
Median Home Value
$347,300+183%
Poverty Rate
12.3%-33%
Unemployment
6%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for Port Saint Lucie, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,937/mo
Poverty Rate
9.5% -23% vs avg
Unemployment 5.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.1%
Work From Home 12.8%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 57.4%
African American 20%
Asian 2.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37.2%
Short Sleep Duration
36.4%
Obesity
30.5%
Physical Inactivity
24.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.5%
Binge Drinking
14.5%
Diabetes
13.1%
Current Smoking
12.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58.5%
Annual Checkup 77.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
ST LUCIE MEDICAL CENTER
PORT SAINT LUCIE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Port Saint Lucie?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Port Saint Lucie right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-PORT-SAINT-LUCIE · Port Saint Lucie

Port Saint Lucie: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Port Saint Lucie, FL? ▼
Port Saint Lucie, FL has a population of 164,603 people, located in St. Lucie County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Port Saint Lucie? ▼
The median household income in Port Saint Lucie, FL is $80,648 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.5%.
What is the median home value in Port Saint Lucie? ▼
The median home value in Port Saint Lucie, FL is $369,200. Median rent is $1,937/month.
What are the top health concerns in Port Saint Lucie? ▼
The top health indicators in Port Saint Lucie include High Blood Pressure (37.2%), Short Sleep Duration (36.4%), Obesity (30.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Port Saint Lucie? ▼
Port Saint Lucie has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Port Saint Lucie? ▼
The median age in Port Saint Lucie, FL is 43.9 years. 28.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Port Saint Lucie, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (9.5% here).

Aurora, IL 9.5% Orange, CA 9.5% Menifee, CA 9.5% Brooklyn Park, MN 9.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($80,648 here).

San Jacinto, CA $80,647 Trenton, OH $80,635 Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 University City, MO $80,694

Compare Port Saint Lucie with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Jensen Beach, FL 12K Stuart, FL 16K Palm City, FL 23K Fort Pierce, FL 44K Port Salerno, FL 10K Lakewood Park, FL 11K Florida Ridge, FL 18K Hobe Sound, FL 12K
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Using Port Saint Lucie's profile

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (St. Lucie County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.