Apalachicola vs Carrabelle

A side-by-side comparison of Apalachicola and Carrabelle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carrabelle has the higher population (3,145 vs 2,304 in Apalachicola). Apalachicola has the higher median household income ($61,083 vs $57,143 in Carrabelle). Apalachicola has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $149,600 in Carrabelle).

Population, income & housing

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
Population	2,304	3,145
Median age	51.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,083	$57,143
Median home value	$247,900	$149,600
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,231
Housing units	1,506	1,124
Homeownership rate	61.6%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
Population	2,514 → 2,304 (-8.4%)	2,646 → 3,145 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$46,979 → $61,083 (+30.0%)	$38,194 → $57,143 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $247,900 (+58.9%)	$111,900 → $149,600 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $1,235 (+59.1%)	$768 → $1,231 (+60.3%)

Apalachicola

Population

2,5142,304

Median household income

$46,979$61,083

Median home value

$156,000$247,900

Median gross rent

$776$1,235

Carrabelle

Population

2,6463,145

Median household income

$38,194$57,143

Median home value

$111,900$149,600

Median gross rent

$768$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
Under 5	3.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	4.5%
18 to 24	0.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	23.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.0%
75 and over	14.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	60.6%
Black or African American	27.0%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
No high school diploma	14.5%	28.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
Drove alone	74.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	17.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
1-unit, detached	76.7%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Apalachicola	Carrabelle
Poverty rate	9.5%	11.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1962	1989