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St. Lucie County, FL

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 15 ZIP codes inside St. Lucie County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
15
in this county
Total population
341,129
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
3
distinct city/town names
Avg density
553
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in St. Lucie County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
34953 Port Saint Lucie 74,414 1,206
34983 Port Saint Lucie 44,999 1,164
34952 Port Saint Lucie 42,196 661
34986 Port Saint Lucie 28,438 585
34982 Fort Pierce 25,825 643
34957 Jensen Beach 22,583 533
34984 Port Saint Lucie 18,333 723
34950 Fort Pierce 16,675 1,246
34951 Fort Pierce 16,275 258
34947 Fort Pierce 13,216 526
34987 Port Saint Lucie 12,818 43
34949 Fort Pierce 7,960 327
34981 Fort Pierce 6,167 221
34946 Fort Pierce 5,916 150
34945 Fort Pierce 5,314 9

About St. Lucie County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. St. Lucie County in Florida contains roughly 15 ZIP codes spread across 3 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 341,129. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Florida index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 553, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into St. Lucie County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping St. Lucie County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.