Carrabelle vs St. George Island

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

Carrabelle 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.

Carrabelle has the higher population (3,145 vs 1,218 in St. George Island). St. George Island has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $57,143 in Carrabelle). St. George Island has the higher median home value ($628,500 vs $149,600 in Carrabelle).

Population, income & housing

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
Population	3,145	1,218
Median age	41.6 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,143	$96,250
Median home value	$149,600	$628,500
Median gross rent	$1,231	—
Housing units	1,124	1,815
Homeownership rate	70.2%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
Population	2,646 → 3,145 (+18.9%)	863 → 1,218 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$38,194 → $57,143 (+49.6%)	$78,750 → $96,250 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $149,600 (+33.7%)	$483,300 → $628,500 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $1,231 (+60.3%)	$1,340 → $1,342 (+0.1%)

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

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)

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
Under 5	3.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	4.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	23.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	5.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	22.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	32.7%
75 and over	6.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	21.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
No high school diploma	28.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
Drove alone	79.9%	66.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	8.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
1-unit, detached	58.4%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carrabelle	St. George Island
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1989	1991