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Wright, FL

27,927 Population
5.5 square miles 5,099.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,805 ±$4,670 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
$70,195 ±$4,650 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $81,993 ±$2,190
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±4% (4,626  ±1,129) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 10.2% 29,810 (±0.8% / ±2,201)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±1.9 (347,775  ±39,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 27.1 3,457,120 (±0.6 / ±97,423)
  • about 90 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

11,100 ±583 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
2.5 ±0.1 (27,624  ±1,660) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 2.5 293,282 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±5.4% (626  ±355) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 6.8% † 4,410 (±1.1% / ±738)
  • about double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,011 ±556 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

$306,100 ±$16,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: $364,100 ±$6,381
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.8% ±3.4% (5,417  ±979.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 17.4% 51,342 (±1% / ±2,820.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±3.8% (16,390  ±1,304.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 92.9% 195,031 (±1.7% / ±3,506.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±4% (5,318  ±826.2) 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 80 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

20.7% ±3.9% (5,776  ±1,136) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area: 8.7% 26,063
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.6% ±3.2% (3,406  ±646) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as 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)
3,406 Total veterans ±646 3,007 Male ±626 399 Female ±141

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