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Census Tract 226, Okaloosa, FL

3,552 Population
1 square miles 3,680.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fort Walton Beach: 39.1 ±1.6
  • about the same as the figure in Okaloosa County: 37.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,417 ±$3,948 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fort Walton Beach: $37,937 ±$2,341
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Okaloosa County: $44,070 ±$1,234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$40,625 ±$4,966 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Fort Walton Beach: $68,538 ±$5,185
  • about half the amount in Okaloosa County: $81,998 ±$2,764
  • about half the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

28.1% ±7% (960  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 13.3% † 2,742 (±2.4% / ±488)
  • more than double the rate in Okaloosa County: 9.3% 19,710 (±0.9% / ±1,874)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

25.2 minutes ±5.3 (40,485  ±13,038) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fort Walton Beach: 22.7 † 219,960 (±2.3 / ±25,912)
  • a little less than the figure in Okaloosa County: 26.3 2,537,225 (±0.6 / ±75,250)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

1,766 ±182 Number of households
  • Fort Walton Beach: 8,817 ±423
  • Okaloosa County: 85,411 ±941
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
1.9 ±0.3 (3,371  ±666) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fort Walton Beach: 2.3 20,669 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Okaloosa County: 2.5 212,006 (±0 / ±98)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

3.8% ±5.6% (31  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 6.5% † 305 (±2.3% / ±111)
  • about half the rate in Okaloosa County: 7% † 3,411 (±1.2% / ±578)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)

Housing

1,969 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Fort Walton Beach: 9,901 ±478
  • Okaloosa County: 103,864 ±80
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$244,400 ±$25,779 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fort Walton Beach: $321,800 ±$16,155
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Okaloosa County: $351,200 ±$6,014
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

20.7% ±7% (730  ±279.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 14% † 2,910 (±2.7% / ±551.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Okaloosa County: 18.4% 39,217 (±1.2% / ±2,571.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

93.1% ±7.5% (2,428  ±387.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
18.3% ±4.4% (477  ±132.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 29.7% 4,389 (±2.5% / ±401.8)
  • about half the rate in Okaloosa County: 34.8% 52,053 (±1.2% / ±1,814.4)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

14.5% ±5% (515  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 9.4% † 1,979 (±1.5% / ±321)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Okaloosa County: 9.2% 19,914
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

11.3% ±4.3% (304  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fort Walton Beach: 16.9% † 2,636 (±1.9% / ±311)
  • about half the rate in Okaloosa County: 20.4% 31,494 (±0.9% / ±1,354)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
304 Total veterans ±121 252 Male ±123 52 Female ±34

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