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Destin, FL

14,018 Population
7.5 square miles 1,870.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$57,600 ±$6,505 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $44,122 ±$1,116
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$89,141 ±$8,821 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $79,150 ±$2,534
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

7.6% ±2% (1,054  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 9.9% 28,276 (±0.8% / ±2,345)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

25 minutes ±1.3 (161,395  ±16,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 27 3,419,580 (±0.5 / ±84,289)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

6,206 ±332 Number of households
  • the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 116,782 ±1,499
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.2 ±0.1 (13,876  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 2.5 287,553 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

3.4% ±2.2% (93  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 6.6% † 4,193 (±0.9% / ±590)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

13,656 ±417 Number of housing units
  • the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 161,369 ±87
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$455,100 ±$21,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $333,800 ±$7,168
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

16.9% ±4.5% (2,353  ±627.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 17.4% 50,382 (±1% / ±2,907.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

95.1% ±5.2% (10,122  ±676.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 92.9% 191,411 (±1.7% / ±3,572.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
46% ±3.9% (4,895  ±453) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 34.2% 70,555 (±1% / ±2,108.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

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

13.7% ±3.6% (1,913  ±507) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 8.2% 24,156
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

14% ±2.3% (1,515  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 17.7% 38,144 (±0.7% / ±1,513)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
1,515 Total veterans ±255 1,278 Male ±222 237 Female ±105

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