Jacksonville vs Jacksonville Beach

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

Jacksonville 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 has the higher population (961,739 vs 23,601 in Jacksonville Beach). Jacksonville Beach has the higher median household income ($115,825 vs $66,981 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville Beach has the higher median home value ($523,600 vs $266,100 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
Population	961,739	23,601
Median age	36.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,981	$115,825
Median home value	$266,100	$523,600
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,867
Housing units	422,355	12,716
Homeownership rate	57.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	58.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
Population	890,467 → 961,739 (+8.0%)	23,399 → 23,601 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,701 → $66,981 (+22.4%)	$91,037 → $115,825 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $266,100 (+53.6%)	$368,200 → $523,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,375 (+29.1%)	$1,454 → $1,867 (+28.4%)

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

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)

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
Under 5	6.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.2%
75 and over	5.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	86.5%
Black or African American	29.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
No high school diploma	9.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
Drove alone	72.8%	65.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.9%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.4%
Worked from home	13.5%	24.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
1-unit, detached	59.9%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	12.8%
20 or more units	11.2%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Beach
Poverty rate	15.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1986	1983