Gifford is home to 4,668 people in Florida. The poverty rate is 42.0%, above the 12.5% national rate. That trails the Florida median by roughly 56%. This skews young, with a median age of 31.7. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 20% of adults. The population has fallen 39% since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $33,175, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 31.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 31%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gifford
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate28.8% → 42.0%(+13.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population6,278 → 4,668(−26%)US over the same years: +35%
Median household income (2024 dollars)$41,113 → $33,175(−19%)US over the same years: +14%
Gifford's population equals 2.8% of Indian River County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 11% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 1.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)70.2%(99)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)33.3%(47)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era4.3%(6)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 141 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gifford, decade by decade
Gifford population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,278
$41,113
$120,003
9.9%
54.7
2000
7,599
$53,626
$180,162
16.2%
69.1
2010
9,590
$44,278
$331,591
28.7%
74.2
2020
5,511
$26,324
$140,233
16.1%
51.7
2024
4,668
$33,175
$236,000
20.2%
53.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
