St. Lucie County

St. Lucie County is part of the southeast Florida region along with Broward, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Martin, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties. Incorporated areas for St. Lucie County are Fort Pierce (county seat), Port St. Lucie, and St. Lucie Village. Other notable communities include Lakewood Park, Indian River Estates, River Park, and White City. The county?s population is over 275,000.

St. Lucie County lists manufacturing facilities, clean energy, professional and technical services, information industries, administrative and support services, and finance and insurance services among its target industries. The large number of biological research firms in the county sometimes leads to it being called the Research Coast. Cost of living in this area is 99.06, compared with Florida's 100.

Though the region was thinly populated as late as the 1950s, a series of planned communities in the 1960s created Port St. Lucie and resulted in a population explosion, doubling from the 2000 to 2010 Census. Over 160,000 people call Port St. Lucie home, making it the ninth-largest city in the state. In 2008, the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies opened a LEED-certified research center. Additionally, Mann Research Center is a 150-acre research park. Known for its golf, the city hosts three PGA tour courses that are open to the public.

The seat of St. Lucie County is Fort Pierce. The city's location near the Indian River Lagoon makes it a prime spot for researchers who are interested in the most biologically diverse estuary in the nation. Both the Smithsonian Marine Station and Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.

Saint Lucie County Florida Cities

There are 2 cities in Saint Lucie County Florida. These are listed below. Click on a link for details.

Fort Pierce, Port Saint Lucie,

St. Lucie County has a population of approximately 283,866 people. The population increased 2.2% from 2010 to 2012. This compared to a 2.7% increase for the State of Florida and a 1.7% increase for the country as a whole. St. Lucie County is 571.93 square miles and had a population density of 485.7 Persons per square mile in 2010. This compared to 350.6 for Florida and 87.4 for the country.

There are 137,581 housing units in St. Lucie County (a housing unit is defined by the US Census Bureau as a house, apartment, mobile home, group of rooms, or single room that is occupied as separate living quarters.) St. Lucie County has a 75.3% homeownership rate compared to Florida's rate of 69.0%. St. Lucie County's medium household income in 2011 was $44,947, which is lower than the medium income for Florida as a whole: $47,827.

15.3% of the population in St. Lucie County lives below the poverty line, compared to 14.7% in Florida and 14.3% nationwide. Additional Information:

• St. Lucie County Census Data
• University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research - St. Lucie County

St. Lucie County Economic Activity

The U.S. Bureau of the Census, Economic , 2007 calculated the total value manufacturing, merchant wholesaler, retail sales and food service sales in St. Lucie County. The Census measured activity of large and medium-sized firms during calendar year 2007. It does not include every aspect of the economy but can be used as a measure of economic activity.

At $5,576 million, St. Lucie County's economic activity represents 0.88% of the Florida economy.

St. Lucie County Regional Comparisons

St. Lucie County is located in Southeast Florida. This region is responsible for 37.7% of Florida's economic activity. St. Lucie County represents 2.3% of the region's economy.

Saint Lucie Real Estate

There are 103,910 properties in Saint Lucie County. The following table shows a summary of them based on 2013 sales data.

Additional Details:

• Saint Lucie Property Sales History
• Saint Lucie Commercial Sales History
• Saint Lucie Land Sales History