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Census Tract 217, Okaloosa, FL

2,402 Population
1.5 square miles 1,649.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±12.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Fort Walton Beach: 39.1 ±1.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Okaloosa County: 37.4 ±0.3

Economics

$56,275 ±$5,971 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Fort Walton Beach: $37,937 ±$2,341
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Okaloosa County: $44,070 ±$1,234
$139,766 ±$24,513 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Fort Walton Beach: $68,538 ±$5,185
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Okaloosa County: $81,998 ±$2,764

4.5% ±3.8% (108  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 13.3% † 2,742 (±2.4% / ±488)
  • about half the rate in Okaloosa County: 9.3% 19,710 (±0.9% / ±1,874)

22 minutes ±2.1 (18,920  ±4,986) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Fort Walton Beach: 22.7 † 219,960 (±2.3 / ±25,912)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Okaloosa County: 26.3 2,537,225 (±0.6 / ±75,250)

Families

972 ±117 Number of households
  • Fort Walton Beach: 8,817 ±423
  • Okaloosa County: 85,411 ±941
2.5 ±0.2 (2,388  ±342) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Fort Walton Beach: 2.3 20,669 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about the same as the figure in Okaloosa County: 2.5 212,006 (±0 / ±98)

7.5% ±6.7% (30  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 6.5% † 305 (±2.3% / ±111)
  • a little higher than the rate in Okaloosa County: 7% † 3,411 (±1.2% / ±578)

Housing

1,117 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Fort Walton Beach: 9,901 ±478
  • Okaloosa County: 103,864 ±80

$439,500 ±$28,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Fort Walton Beach: $321,800 ±$16,155
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Okaloosa County: $351,200 ±$6,014

8.6% ±5.5% (204  ±133.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 14% † 2,910 (±2.7% / ±551.6)
  • about half the rate in Okaloosa County: 18.4% 39,217 (±1.2% / ±2,571.1)

Social

94.9% ±8.9% (1,718  ±255.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 91.9% 13,600 (±4.3% / ±779.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Okaloosa County: 93.3% 139,441 (±2% / ±2,946.4)
52% ±8.9% (942  ±194.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 29.7% 4,389 (±2.5% / ±401.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Okaloosa County: 34.8% 52,053 (±1.2% / ±1,814.4)

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

3.9% ±2.1% (93  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 9.4% † 1,979 (±1.5% / ±321)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Okaloosa County: 9.2% 19,914

29.3% ±6.3% (563  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 16.9% † 2,636 (±1.9% / ±311)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Okaloosa County: 20.4% 31,494 (±0.9% / ±1,354)
563 Total veterans ±140 497 Male ±124 66 Female ±55

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