Cedar Key vs Raleigh

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

Cedar Key and Raleigh 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 699 in Raleigh). Cedar Key has the higher median household income ($69,226 vs $67,725 in Raleigh). Since 2019, Cedar Key's population has grown faster (-2.2% vs -8.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
Population	756	699
Median age	68.4 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,226	$67,725
Median home value	$331,100	—
Median gross rent	$918	—
Housing units	819	308
Homeownership rate	85.4%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
Population	773 → 756 (-2.2%)	766 → 699 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$59,048 → $69,226 (+17.2%)	$41,779 → $67,725 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$248,400 → $331,100 (+33.3%)	$87,300 → $61,800 (-29.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $918 (+16.5%)	—

Cedar Key

Population

773756

Median household income

$59,048$69,226

Median home value

$248,400$331,100

Median gross rent

$788$918

Raleigh

Population

766699

Median household income

$41,779$67,725

Median home value

$87,300$61,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
Under 5	2.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	2.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	31.3%	14.4%
75 and over	23.8%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	57.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	33.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
No high school diploma	1.7%	27.7%
High school graduate	21.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
Drove alone	55.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	14.0%
Other means	10.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	70.5%	35.4%
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%	64.6%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Key	Raleigh
Poverty rate	17.9%	28.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1976	1977