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Fort Pierce South is a big small town of 5,028 people in St. Lucie County, Florida. It's about 9 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL and 88 miles from Orlando, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 73°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $286k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,028people
$286kTypical home
$1,153/moRent
89° / 73°Summer / winter
0"Snow
292Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,028
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,944 people per sq mi
- 88 mi to Orlando, FL
- 9 mi to Port St. Lucie, FL
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $286k (≈$1,802/mo)
- Median rent $1,153/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 73°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 75°F)
- 292 sunny days a year (112 totally clear)
- 73 cloudy days a year
- 17 of 90 winter days are gray
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (236 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (908 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 27% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to VRB airport
- 53 mi to DJT (major hub)
- 31 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 33 ft
- 4 mi to the ocean
- 29 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 108 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 464 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 30 bars within 25 mi
- 91 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of Florida districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- St. Lucie County: R+9 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.