Jacksonville vs Neptune Beach

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

Jacksonville and Neptune 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 7,199 in Neptune Beach). Neptune Beach has the higher median household income ($111,025 vs $66,981 in Jacksonville). Neptune Beach has the higher median home value ($613,500 vs $266,100 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
Population	961,739	7,199
Median age	36.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,981	$111,025
Median home value	$266,100	$613,500
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,481
Housing units	422,355	3,792
Homeownership rate	57.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
Population	890,467 → 961,739 (+8.0%)	7,101 → 7,199 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$54,701 → $66,981 (+22.4%)	$90,037 → $111,025 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $266,100 (+53.6%)	$401,000 → $613,500 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,375 (+29.1%)	$1,372 → $1,481 (+7.9%)

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

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)

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
Under 5	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.1%
75 and over	5.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	29.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.3%
Asian	4.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
No high school diploma	9.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
Drove alone	72.8%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	23.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
1-unit, detached	59.9%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	11.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Neptune Beach
Poverty rate	15.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1986	1973