Flagler Beach vs Palm Coast

A side-by-side comparison of Flagler Beach and Palm Coast: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palm Coast has the higher population (94,362 vs 5,250 in Flagler Beach). Flagler Beach has the higher median household income ($81,193 vs $71,840 in Palm Coast). Flagler Beach has the higher median home value ($496,800 vs $317,200 in Palm Coast).

Population, income & housing

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
Population	5,250	94,362
Median age	58.8 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,193	$71,840
Median home value	$496,800	$317,200
Median gross rent	$1,581	$1,747
Housing units	3,538	42,472
Homeownership rate	82.0%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
Population	5,002 → 5,250 (+5.0%)	85,933 → 94,362 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $81,193 (+65.1%)	$54,360 → $71,840 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$304,600 → $496,800 (+63.1%)	$209,300 → $317,200 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,581 (+30.7%)	$1,298 → $1,747 (+34.6%)

Flagler Beach

Population

5,0025,250

Median household income

$49,167$81,193

Median home value

$304,600$496,800

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,581

Palm Coast

Population

85,93394,362

Median household income

$54,360$71,840

Median home value

$209,300$317,200

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
Under 5	3.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	26.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	18.3%	17.4%
75 and over	14.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	69.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
Drove alone	63.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	29.0%	15.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
1-unit, detached	65.4%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	7.5%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Flagler Beach	Palm Coast
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1986	2002