Grand Ridge vs Jacob City

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Ridge and Jacob City: population, income, housing, and more.

Grand Ridge and Jacob City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Ridge has the higher population (845 vs 224 in Jacob City). Grand Ridge has the higher median household income ($43,333 vs $33,333 in Jacob City). Grand Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $69,800 in Jacob City).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
Population	845	224
Median age	40.2 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$33,333
Median home value	$104,300	$69,800
Median gross rent	$697	$743
Housing units	418	170
Homeownership rate	70.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	0.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
Population	859 → 845 (-1.6%)	243 → 224 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$33,000 → $43,333 (+31.3%)	$25,682 → $33,333 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $104,300 (+8.0%)	$72,900 → $69,800 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $697 (+7.2%)	$518 → $743 (+43.4%)

Grand Ridge

Population

859845

Median household income

$33,000$43,333

Median home value

$96,600$104,300

Median gross rent

$650$697

Jacob City

Population

243224

Median household income

$25,682$33,333

Median home value

$72,900$69,800

Median gross rent

$518$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
Under 5	6.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	9.9%	6.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	20.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	15.6%
75 and over	7.7%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	2.2%
Black or African American	15.6%	94.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
No high school diploma	17.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	75.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
Drove alone	88.5%	89.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
1-unit, detached	45.9%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.6%	51.2%

Poverty & households

	Grand Ridge	Jacob City
Poverty rate	17.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.46	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1989	1985