Cedar Key vs East Williston

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Key and East Williston: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Key and East Williston are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Key has the higher population (756 vs 671 in East Williston). Since 2019, Cedar Key's population has grown faster (-2.2% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Key	East Williston
Population	756	671
Median age	68.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,226	—
Median home value	$331,100	—
Median gross rent	$918	$744
Housing units	819	354
Homeownership rate	85.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	22.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Key	East Williston
Population	773 → 756 (-2.2%)	697 → 671 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$59,048 → $69,226 (+17.2%)	$21,875 → $18,816 (-14.0%)
Median home value	$248,400 → $331,100 (+33.3%)	$229,500 → $234,700 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $918 (+16.5%)	$644 → $744 (+15.5%)

Cedar Key

Population

773756

Median household income

$59,048$69,226

Median home value

$248,400$331,100

Median gross rent

$788$918

East Williston

Population

697671

Median household income

$21,875$18,816

Median home value

$229,500$234,700

Median gross rent

$644$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Key	East Williston
Under 5	2.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	6.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	0.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	4.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	26.4%
65 to 74	31.3%	14.6%
75 and over	23.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Key	East Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	38.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	60.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Key	East Williston
No high school diploma	1.7%	39.1%
High school graduate	21.8%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	0.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Key	East Williston
Drove alone	55.4%	49.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	50.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	0.0%
Other means	10.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Key	East Williston
1-unit, detached	70.5%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	50.3%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Key	East Williston
Poverty rate	17.9%	59.6%
Average household size	2.02	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1976	1992