Key Largo vs Key West

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

Key Largo 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 12,069 in Key Largo). Key Largo has the higher median household income ($78,906 vs $78,532 in Key West). Key West has the higher median home value ($816,300 vs $626,300 in Key Largo).

Population, income & housing

	Key Largo	Key West
Population	12,069	25,824
Median age	51.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,906	$78,532
Median home value	$626,300	$816,300
Median gross rent	$1,889	$2,075
Housing units	8,570	14,414
Homeownership rate	76.2%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Key Largo	Key West
Population	9,952 → 12,069 (+21.3%)	24,843 → 25,824 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$65,864 → $78,906 (+19.8%)	$69,630 → $78,532 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$421,900 → $626,300 (+48.4%)	$611,400 → $816,300 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,449 → $1,889 (+30.4%)	$1,816 → $2,075 (+14.3%)

Key Largo

Population

9,95212,069

Median household income

$65,864$78,906

Median home value

$421,900$626,300

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,889

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)

	Key Largo	Key West
Under 5	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	12.9%
75 and over	11.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Key Largo	Key West
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	59.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Key Largo	Key West
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Key Largo	Key West
Drove alone	73.8%	57.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	4.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	12.6%
Worked from home	9.0%	10.3%
Other means	1.4%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Key Largo	Key West
1-unit, detached	62.5%	40.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	11.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Key Largo	Key West
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1983	1967