Port St. Lucie

Population & Demographics

Port St. Lucie, FL

Port St. Lucie is home to 232,491 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 91,126 resident workers commute each day.

FloridaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
232,491
people
Population

232,491 residents

Median age 43.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Port St. Lucie population & demographics

Who lives in Port St. Lucie — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
232,491
Median age
43.9yrs
Median household income
$80,648
Median home value
$369,200
Median gross rent
$1,937/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.1%
Poverty rate
9.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Port St. Lucie

How Port St. Lucie breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White50.4%
Hispanic or Latino24.0%
Black19.0%
Two or more races3.6%
Asian2.1%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Port St. Lucie

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Port St. Lucie.

Port St. Lucie at a glance
Employed Residents
91,126
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fort Pierce
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Port St. Lucie proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Port St. Lucie commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

42 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Port St. Lucie

91,126 commutes, one dot at a time

Port St. Lucie

Where 91,126 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Port St. Lucie, by worker count.

1Port St. Lucie0.0 mi15,444
2Fort Pierce10.9 mi10,844
3Stuart9.5 mi9,122
4West Palm Beach43.0 mi2,067
5Palm City9.0 mi1,355
6Jensen Beach8.3 mi1,342
7Jupiter29.6 mi1,253
8Palm Beach Gardens34.3 mi1,134

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Port St. Lucie.

1Port St. Lucie0.0 mi15,444
2Fort Pierce10.9 mi1,752
3Palm City9.0 mi548
4River Park3.4 mi457
5Stuart9.5 mi360
6Indian River Estates6.6 mi353
7Lakewood Park18.1 mi343
8Jensen Beach8.3 mi342

Top industries

The sectors that employ Port St. Lucie’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade18.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.3%
COConstruction9.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.7%
PAPublic Administration4.5%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.4%
WSWholesale Trade3.2%
Connectivity

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