Duck Key vs North Key Largo

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

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

North Key Largo has the higher population (1,630 vs 755 in Duck Key). North Key Largo has the higher median household income ($146,389 vs $135,000 in Duck Key). North Key Largo has the higher median home value ($1,858,300 vs $989,900 in Duck Key).

Population, income & housing

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
Population	755	1,630
Median age	63.6 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$135,000	$146,389
Median home value	$989,900	$1,858,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	872	1,941
Homeownership rate	83.7%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
Population	741 → 755 (+1.9%)	886 → 1,630 (+84.0%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $135,000 (+96.4%)	$121,667 → $146,389 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$866,100 → $989,900 (+14.3%)	$2,000,001 → $1,858,300 (-7.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $3,501 (+104.1%)	$1,923 → $2,031 (+5.6%)

Duck Key

Population

741755

Median household income

$68,750$135,000

Median home value

$866,100$989,900

Median gross rent

$1,715$3,501

North Key Largo

Population

8861,630

Median household income

$121,667$146,389

Median home value

$2,000,001$1,858,300

Median gross rent

$1,923$2,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
Under 5	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	2.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	0.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	1.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	6.6%
55 to 64	35.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	23.8%	17.5%
75 and over	19.6%	43.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	84.6%
Black or African American	6.8%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
No high school diploma	9.9%	0.5%
High school graduate	15.3%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
Drove alone	59.1%	19.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	15.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	28.2%
Other means	2.8%	40.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
1-unit, detached	59.5%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	18.9%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duck Key	North Key Largo
Poverty rate	15.8%	29.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1984	1983