Cedar Key vs Fanning Springs

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

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

Fanning Springs has the higher population (1,154 vs 756 in Cedar Key). Cedar Key has the higher median household income ($69,226 vs $54,167 in Fanning Springs). Cedar Key has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $148,600 in Fanning Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
Population	756	1,154
Median age	68.4 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,226	$54,167
Median home value	$331,100	$148,600
Median gross rent	$918	$795
Housing units	819	515
Homeownership rate	85.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
Population	773 → 756 (-2.2%)	1,182 → 1,154 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$59,048 → $69,226 (+17.2%)	$33,922 → $54,167 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$248,400 → $331,100 (+33.3%)	$111,000 → $148,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $918 (+16.5%)	$634 → $795 (+25.4%)

Cedar Key

Population

773756

Median household income

$59,048$69,226

Median home value

$248,400$331,100

Median gross rent

$788$918

Fanning Springs

Population

1,1821,154

Median household income

$33,922$54,167

Median home value

$111,000$148,600

Median gross rent

$634$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
Under 5	2.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	6.0%	9.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	31.3%	14.5%
75 and over	23.8%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
No high school diploma	1.7%	15.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
Drove alone	55.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	2.6%
Other means	10.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
1-unit, detached	70.5%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	48.3%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Key	Fanning Springs
Poverty rate	17.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1976	2000