Atlantic Beach vs Jacksonville Beach

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

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

Jacksonville Beach has the higher population (23,601 vs 13,353 in Atlantic Beach). Jacksonville Beach has the higher median household income ($115,825 vs $103,288 in Atlantic Beach). Atlantic Beach has the higher median home value ($565,500 vs $523,600 in Jacksonville Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
Population	13,353	23,601
Median age	49.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,288	$115,825
Median home value	$565,500	$523,600
Median gross rent	$1,883	$1,867
Housing units	6,434	12,716
Homeownership rate	72.5%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	58.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
Population	13,575 → 13,353 (-1.6%)	23,399 → 23,601 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$78,059 → $103,288 (+32.3%)	$91,037 → $115,825 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$362,300 → $565,500 (+56.1%)	$368,200 → $523,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,883 (+41.0%)	$1,454 → $1,867 (+28.4%)

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 Beach

Population

23,39923,601

Median household income

$91,037$115,825

Median home value

$368,200$523,600

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
Under 5	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.2%
75 and over	13.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	86.5%
Black or African American	9.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	17.4%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
Drove alone	71.1%	65.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	2.4%
Worked from home	19.0%	24.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
1-unit, detached	64.7%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	12.8%
20 or more units	9.2%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Jacksonville Beach
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1985	1983