Atlantic Beach vs Neptune Beach

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

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

Atlantic Beach has the higher population (13,353 vs 7,199 in Neptune Beach). Neptune Beach has the higher median household income ($111,025 vs $103,288 in Atlantic Beach). Neptune Beach has the higher median home value ($613,500 vs $565,500 in Atlantic Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
Population	13,353	7,199
Median age	49.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,288	$111,025
Median home value	$565,500	$613,500
Median gross rent	$1,883	$1,481
Housing units	6,434	3,792
Homeownership rate	72.5%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
Population	13,575 → 13,353 (-1.6%)	7,101 → 7,199 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$78,059 → $103,288 (+32.3%)	$90,037 → $111,025 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$362,300 → $565,500 (+56.1%)	$401,000 → $613,500 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,883 (+41.0%)	$1,372 → $1,481 (+7.9%)

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

Neptune Beach

Population

7,1017,199

Median household income

$90,037$111,025

Median home value

$401,000$613,500

Median gross rent

$1,372$1,481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	9.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.1%
75 and over	13.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	3.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
Drove alone	71.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	23.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
1-unit, detached	64.7%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Neptune Beach
Poverty rate	8.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1985	1973