City safety & data profile

StuartFL

Stuart, FL is a 16K-resident city in Martin County with a median household income of $60,225.

Martin County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Stuart, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Stuart has a population larger than 33% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $329,400, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 34%
By size
$60,225
Median income (place)
$329,400
Median home (place)
17.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Stuart

Stuart posts a median household income higher than 22% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Stuart area.

Bottom 23%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Stuart

Where Stuart income ranks nationally

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

$60,225 Bottom 22% higher than 22% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Stuart $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 Stuart, FL beyond the headline numbers

Stuart sits inside Martin County, Florida, at roughly 27.20°N, -80.25°W. Population 16,462, $60,225 median household income. Median home value $329,400, median rent $1,586. Poverty rate 17.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Stuart, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

17.3% of Stuart, FL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Stuart costs around 5.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 12.4% of Stuart workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.6% in Stuart, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Stuart workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 48.6 years, Stuart'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 Stuart 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)
16,462
Stuart · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$60,225
-33% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$329,400
-20% vs avg
Median Age (place)
48.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Martin County): Stuart'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
162K+10%
Median Income
$82,943+66%
Median Home Value
$432,200+118%
Poverty Rate
11.3%-13%
Unemployment
4.9%-62%

Economics

Economics indicators for Stuart, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,586/mo
Poverty Rate
17.3% +40% vs avg
Unemployment 8.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 35.1%
Work From Home 12.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 67.5%
African American 12%
Asian 1.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
38.3%
Short Sleep Duration
32.2%
Obesity
28.9%
Physical Inactivity
26.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.6%
Diabetes
14.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.8%
Binge Drinking
13.7%
Current Smoking
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.9%
Annual Checkup 80.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.6%
Stroke
4.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
CLEVELAND CLINIC MARTIN NORTH HOSPITAL
STUART · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Stuart?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-STUART · Stuart

Stuart: 1 tagged alert; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% ca-weather
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Stuart

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Stuart.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Stuart; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Stuart, FL?
Stuart, FL has a population of 16,462 people, located in Martin County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Stuart?
The median household income in Stuart, FL is $60,225 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.3%.
What is the median home value in Stuart?
The median home value in Stuart, FL is $329,400. Median rent is $1,586/month.
What are the top health concerns in Stuart?
The top health indicators in Stuart include High Blood Pressure (38.3%), Short Sleep Duration (32.2%), Obesity (28.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Stuart?
Stuart has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Stuart?
The median age in Stuart, FL is 48.6 years. 35.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (17.3% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($60,225 here).

Compare Stuart with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Stuart's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Stuart area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Stuart against Florida peers on any ranking lens. Explore Florida

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 (Martin 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.