Duck Key vs Tavernier

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

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

Tavernier has the higher population (2,179 vs 755 in Duck Key). Duck Key has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $50,267 in Tavernier). Duck Key has the higher median home value ($989,900 vs $602,100 in Tavernier).

Population, income & housing

	Duck Key	Tavernier
Population	755	2,179
Median age	63.6 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$135,000	$50,267
Median home value	$989,900	$602,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,880
Housing units	872	1,983
Homeownership rate	83.7%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duck Key	Tavernier
Population	741 → 755 (+1.9%)	2,132 → 2,179 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $135,000 (+96.4%)	$57,292 → $50,267 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$866,100 → $989,900 (+14.3%)	$444,700 → $602,100 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $3,501 (+104.1%)	$1,345 → $1,880 (+39.8%)

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

Tavernier

Population

2,1322,179

Median household income

$57,292$50,267

Median home value

$444,700$602,100

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duck Key	Tavernier
Under 5	2.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	4.0%	10.5%
18 to 24	2.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	0.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	35.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	23.8%	18.5%
75 and over	19.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duck Key	Tavernier
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	65.8%
Black or African American	6.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	29.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duck Key	Tavernier
No high school diploma	9.9%	12.2%
High school graduate	15.3%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duck Key	Tavernier
Drove alone	59.1%	89.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	4.7%
Other means	2.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duck Key	Tavernier
1-unit, detached	59.5%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	18.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Duck Key	Tavernier
Poverty rate	15.8%	16.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1984	1986