Cross City vs Horseshoe Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Cross City and Horseshoe Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cross City has the higher population (2,260 vs 51 in Horseshoe Beach). Horseshoe Beach has the higher median household income ($45,357 vs $43,958 in Cross City). Since 2019, Cross City's population has grown faster (-7.0% vs -56.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
Population	2,260	51
Median age	39.9 yrs	75.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,958	$45,357
Median home value	$95,300	—
Median gross rent	$778	—
Housing units	1,257	367
Homeownership rate	80.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
Population	2,430 → 2,260 (-7.0%)	118 → 51 (-56.8%)
Median household income	$37,138 → $43,958 (+18.4%)	$61,346 → $45,357 (-26.1%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $95,300 (+49.1%)	$131,300 → $162,500 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $778 (+9.6%)	—

Cross City

Population

2,4302,260

Median household income

$37,138$43,958

Median home value

$63,900$95,300

Median gross rent

$710$778

Horseshoe Beach

Population

11851

Median household income

$61,346$45,357

Median home value

$131,300$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	5.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	25.5%
75 and over	6.6%	58.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
No high school diploma	7.7%	49.0%
High school graduate	56.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
Drove alone	81.5%	53.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	46.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
1-unit, detached	62.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Cross City	Horseshoe Beach
Poverty rate	21.3%	5.9%
Average household size	2.19	1.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1977	1994