Big Pine Key vs Key West

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

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

Key West has the higher population (25,824 vs 4,584 in Big Pine Key). Big Pine Key has the higher median household income ($92,452 vs $78,532 in Key West). Key West has the higher median home value ($816,300 vs $561,500 in Big Pine Key).

Population, income & housing

	Big Pine Key	Key West
Population	4,584	25,824
Median age	54.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,452	$78,532
Median home value	$561,500	$816,300
Median gross rent	$2,017	$2,075
Housing units	2,922	14,414
Homeownership rate	82.6%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Pine Key	Key West
Population	4,896 → 4,584 (-6.4%)	24,843 → 25,824 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$58,259 → $92,452 (+58.7%)	$69,630 → $78,532 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$363,700 → $561,500 (+54.4%)	$611,400 → $816,300 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $2,017 (+22.6%)	$1,816 → $2,075 (+14.3%)

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

Key West

Population

24,84325,824

Median household income

$69,630$78,532

Median home value

$611,400$816,300

Median gross rent

$1,816$2,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Pine Key	Key West
Under 5	6.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	24.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.9%
75 and over	8.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Pine Key	Key West
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	59.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Pine Key	Key West
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Pine Key	Key West
Drove alone	69.9%	57.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	6.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	12.6%
Worked from home	15.4%	10.3%
Other means	0.8%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Pine Key	Key West
1-unit, detached	76.0%	40.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Pine Key	Key West
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1986	1967