Apalachicola vs St. George Island

A side-by-side comparison of Apalachicola and St. George Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Apalachicola has the higher population (2,304 vs 1,218 in St. George Island). St. George Island has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $61,083 in Apalachicola). St. George Island has the higher median home value ($628,500 vs $247,900 in Apalachicola).

Population, income & housing

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
Population	2,304	1,218
Median age	51.8 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,083	$96,250
Median home value	$247,900	$628,500
Median gross rent	$1,235	—
Housing units	1,506	1,815
Homeownership rate	61.6%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
Population	2,514 → 2,304 (-8.4%)	863 → 1,218 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$46,979 → $61,083 (+30.0%)	$78,750 → $96,250 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $247,900 (+58.9%)	$483,300 → $628,500 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $1,235 (+59.1%)	$1,340 → $1,342 (+0.1%)

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

St. George Island

Population

8631,218

Median household income

$78,750$96,250

Median home value

$483,300$628,500

Median gross rent

$1,340$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
Under 5	3.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	0.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	5.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	22.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	32.7%
75 and over	14.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	96.0%
Black or African American	27.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
No high school diploma	14.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.6%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
Drove alone	74.7%	66.6%
Carpooled	17.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	18.4%
Other means	1.0%	8.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
1-unit, detached	76.7%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Apalachicola	St. George Island
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1962	1991