Cedar Grove vs Mexico Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Grove and Mexico Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Grove and Mexico Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Grove has the higher population (2,911 vs 1,033 in Mexico Beach). Mexico Beach has the higher median household income ($64,013 vs $44,202 in Cedar Grove). Mexico Beach has the higher median home value ($399,300 vs $147,400 in Cedar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
Population	2,911	1,033
Median age	34.7 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,202	$64,013
Median home value	$147,400	$399,300
Median gross rent	$1,140	$1,898
Housing units	1,246	1,291
Homeownership rate	58.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
Population	3,464 → 2,911 (-16.0%)	1,386 → 1,033 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$40,118 → $44,202 (+10.2%)	$68,100 → $64,013 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $147,400 (+78.7%)	$256,900 → $399,300 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,140 (+18.0%)	$1,313 → $1,898 (+44.6%)

Cedar Grove

Population

3,4642,911

Median household income

$40,118$44,202

Median home value

$82,500$147,400

Median gross rent

$966$1,140

Mexico Beach

Population

1,3861,033

Median household income

$68,100$64,013

Median home value

$256,900$399,300

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	6.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	18.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	24.5%
75 and over	1.4%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	23.7%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	44.7%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
Drove alone	71.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	17.9%	6.5%
Public transit	5.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	17.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
1-unit, detached	43.7%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	45.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Grove	Mexico Beach
Poverty rate	13.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.54	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1996	2003