Big Pine Key vs Cudjoe Key

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

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

Big Pine Key has the higher population (4,584 vs 2,478 in Cudjoe Key). Big Pine Key has the higher median household income ($92,452 vs $84,890 in Cudjoe Key). Cudjoe Key has the higher median home value ($707,700 vs $561,500 in Big Pine Key).

Population, income & housing

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
Population	4,584	2,478
Median age	54.0 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,452	$84,890
Median home value	$561,500	$707,700
Median gross rent	$2,017	$1,875
Housing units	2,922	1,686
Homeownership rate	82.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
Population	4,896 → 4,584 (-6.4%)	2,105 → 2,478 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$58,259 → $92,452 (+58.7%)	$81,786 → $84,890 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$363,700 → $561,500 (+54.4%)	$429,400 → $707,700 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $2,017 (+22.6%)	$2,144 → $1,875 (-12.5%)

Big Pine Key

Population

4,8964,584

Median household income

$58,259$92,452

Median home value

$363,700$561,500

Median gross rent

$1,645$2,017

Cudjoe Key

Population

2,1052,478

Median household income

$81,786$84,890

Median home value

$429,400$707,700

Median gross rent

$2,144$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
Under 5	6.3%	1.7%
5 to 17	10.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	24.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.3%	21.4%
75 and over	8.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.6%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
Drove alone	69.9%	70.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	7.4%
Worked from home	15.4%	14.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
1-unit, detached	76.0%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Pine Key	Cudjoe Key
Poverty rate	9.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1986	1992