Big Coppitt Key vs Key Largo

A side-by-side comparison of Big Coppitt Key and Key Largo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Key Largo has the higher population (12,069 vs 3,333 in Big Coppitt Key). Big Coppitt Key has the higher median household income ($104,306 vs $78,906 in Key Largo). Key Largo has the higher median home value ($626,300 vs $590,700 in Big Coppitt Key).

Population, income & housing

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
Population	3,333	12,069
Median age	43.9 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,306	$78,906
Median home value	$590,700	$626,300
Median gross rent	$2,274	$1,889
Housing units	1,576	8,570
Homeownership rate	61.6%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
Population	2,825 → 3,333 (+18.0%)	9,952 → 12,069 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$86,875 → $104,306 (+20.1%)	$65,864 → $78,906 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$408,300 → $590,700 (+44.7%)	$421,900 → $626,300 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,742 → $2,274 (+30.5%)	$1,449 → $1,889 (+30.4%)

Big Coppitt Key

Population

2,8253,333

Median household income

$86,875$104,306

Median home value

$408,300$590,700

Median gross rent

$1,742$2,274

Key Largo

Population

9,95212,069

Median household income

$65,864$78,906

Median home value

$421,900$626,300

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
Under 5	4.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	16.2%
75 and over	5.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	66.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	29.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
Drove alone	79.1%	73.8%
Carpooled	17.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	1.8%	9.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
1-unit, detached	69.9%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Coppitt Key	Key Largo
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1987	1983