Mexico Beach vs Pretty Bayou

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

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

Pretty Bayou has the higher population (2,405 vs 1,033 in Mexico Beach). Pretty Bayou has the higher median household income ($83,250 vs $64,013 in Mexico Beach). Mexico Beach has the higher median home value ($399,300 vs $279,300 in Pretty Bayou).

Population, income & housing

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
Population	1,033	2,405
Median age	59.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,013	$83,250
Median home value	$399,300	$279,300
Median gross rent	$1,898	$1,169
Housing units	1,291	1,310
Homeownership rate	79.4%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
Population	1,386 → 1,033 (-25.5%)	3,293 → 2,405 (-27.0%)
Median household income	$68,100 → $64,013 (-6.0%)	$78,833 → $83,250 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$256,900 → $399,300 (+55.4%)	$254,400 → $279,300 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,898 (+44.6%)	$824 → $1,169 (+41.9%)

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

Pretty Bayou

Population

3,2932,405

Median household income

$78,833$83,250

Median home value

$254,400$279,300

Median gross rent

$824$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
Under 5	3.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	24.5%	13.3%
75 and over	12.8%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
Drove alone	71.6%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	8.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
1-unit, detached	58.4%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	11.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Mexico Beach	Pretty Bayou
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.0%
Average household size	1.82	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	2003	1977