Lower Grand Lagoon vs Mexico Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Lower Grand Lagoon and Mexico Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lower Grand Lagoon has the higher population (4,305 vs 1,033 in Mexico Beach). Lower Grand Lagoon has the higher median household income ($77,639 vs $64,013 in Mexico Beach). Mexico Beach has the higher median home value ($399,300 vs $347,300 in Lower Grand Lagoon).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
Population	4,305	1,033
Median age	54.0 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$64,013
Median home value	$347,300	$399,300
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,898
Housing units	7,107	1,291
Homeownership rate	68.3%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
Population	4,584 → 4,305 (-6.1%)	1,386 → 1,033 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$51,028 → $77,639 (+52.1%)	$68,100 → $64,013 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $347,300 (+49.3%)	$256,900 → $399,300 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,235 (+16.2%)	$1,313 → $1,898 (+44.6%)

Lower Grand Lagoon

Population

4,5844,305

Median household income

$51,028$77,639

Median home value

$232,600$347,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,235

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)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
Under 5	3.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	4.0%	6.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	18.6%	18.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	18.2%	24.5%
75 and over	9.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.7%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
Drove alone	71.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.5%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
1-unit, detached	25.5%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	8.8%
20 or more units	45.6%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Mexico Beach
Poverty rate	13.3%	4.7%
Average household size	1.78	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1987	2003