Atlantic Beach vs Jacksonville

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Beach and Jacksonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (961,739 vs 13,353 in Atlantic Beach). Atlantic Beach has the higher median household income ($103,288 vs $66,981 in Jacksonville). Atlantic Beach has the higher median home value ($565,500 vs $266,100 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
Population	13,353	961,739
Median age	49.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,288	$66,981
Median home value	$565,500	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,883	$1,375
Housing units	6,434	422,355
Homeownership rate	72.5%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
Population	13,575 → 13,353 (-1.6%)	890,467 → 961,739 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$78,059 → $103,288 (+32.3%)	$54,701 → $66,981 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$362,300 → $565,500 (+56.1%)	$173,200 → $266,100 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,883 (+41.0%)	$1,065 → $1,375 (+29.1%)

Atlantic Beach

Population

13,57513,353

Median household income

$78,059$103,288

Median home value

$362,300$565,500

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,883

Jacksonville

Population

890,467961,739

Median household income

$54,701$66,981

Median home value

$173,200$266,100

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
Under 5	4.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.0%
75 and over	13.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	47.7%
Black or African American	9.1%	29.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	17.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
Drove alone	71.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.0%	13.5%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	64.7%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	13.3%
20 or more units	9.2%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	8.6%	15.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1985	1986