Key Colony Beach vs North Key Largo

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

Key Colony Beach 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 525 in Key Colony Beach). North Key Largo has the higher median household income ($146,389 vs $94,531 in Key Colony Beach). North Key Largo has the higher median home value ($1,858,300 vs $834,800 in Key Colony Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
Population	525	1,630
Median age	66.1 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,531	$146,389
Median home value	$834,800	$1,858,300
Median gross rent	$1,849	—
Housing units	1,132	1,941
Homeownership rate	69.7%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
Population	534 → 525 (-1.7%)	886 → 1,630 (+84.0%)
Median household income	$100,192 → $94,531 (-5.7%)	$121,667 → $146,389 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$603,000 → $834,800 (+38.4%)	$2,000,001 → $1,858,300 (-7.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,849 (+52.7%)	$1,923 → $2,031 (+5.6%)

Key Colony Beach

Population

534525

Median household income

$100,192$94,531

Median home value

$603,000$834,800

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,849

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)

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	2.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	4.6%	1.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	23.2%	17.5%
75 and over	31.8%	43.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
No high school diploma	4.5%	0.5%
High school graduate	20.2%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
Drove alone	63.9%	19.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	17.6%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	28.2%
Other means	4.6%	40.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
1-unit, detached	36.7%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	33.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	10.7%
20 or more units	14.3%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Key Colony Beach	North Key Largo
Poverty rate	5.1%	29.6%
Average household size	1.71	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	10	24
Median year structure built	1982	1983