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Fort Walton Beach, FL

21,025 Population
7.6 square miles 2,752.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,937 ±$2,341 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $46,655 ±$1,222
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,538 ±$5,185 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $81,993 ±$2,190
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±2.4% (2,742  ±488) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 10.2% 29,810 (±0.8% / ±2,201)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±2.3 (219,960  ±25,912) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 27.1 3,457,120 (±0.6 / ±97,423)
  • 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

8,817 ±423 Number of households
  • the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 119,773 ±1,381
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (20,669  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 2.5 293,282 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±2.3% (305  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 6.8% † 4,410 (±1.1% / ±738)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,901 ±478 Number of housing units
  • the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 165,136 ±93
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$321,800 ±$16,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $364,100 ±$6,381
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±2.7% (2,910  ±551.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 17.4% 51,342 (±1% / ±2,820.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±4.3% (13,600  ±779.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 92.9% 195,031 (±1.7% / ±3,506.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.7% ±2.5% (4,389  ±401.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 34.9% 73,198 (±1% / ±2,188.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.4% ±1.5% (1,979  ±321) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 8.7% 26,063
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.9% ±1.9% (2,636  ±311) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 17.4% 38,234 (±0.7% / ±1,487)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,636 Total veterans ±311 2,123 Male ±238 513 Female ±167

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