Available land, lower home prices, and domestic migration are drawing buyers to the Treasure Coast as growth slows in several larger Florida cities
Port St. Lucie’s rise as the nation’s fastest-growing large city points to a broader shift in Florida’s housing market: Buyers are still coming, but more are looking beyond the state’s costlier metropolitan areas for single-family homes they can afford.
The Treasure Coast city grew 3.5% between July 2024 and July 2025, reaching an estimated population of 268,062, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 population estimates…