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Bay County, FL

199,718 Population
758.6 square miles 263.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,404 ±$2,270 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,061 ±$4,942 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.7% ±2.2% (20,982  ±4,285) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,961,370  ±55,545) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

85,093 ±3,136 Number of households
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (196,435  ±75) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±2% (2,262  ±886) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

112,997 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$343,300 ±$14,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.7% ±3.1% (37,013  ±6,212.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±4.4% (132,833  ±6,385.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.9% ±2.4% (43,078  ±3,435.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.2% (20,302  ±3,211) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.4% ±1.4% (19,113  ±2,159) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
19,113 Total veterans ±2,159 15,923 Male ±1,965 3,190 Female ±1,031

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