Key West vs Stock Island

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

Key West and Stock Island 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 4,724 in Stock Island). Key West has the higher median household income ($78,532 vs $67,005 in Stock Island). Key West has the higher median home value ($816,300 vs $513,300 in Stock Island).

Population, income & housing

	Key West	Stock Island
Population	25,824	4,724
Median age	46.5 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,532	$67,005
Median home value	$816,300	$513,300
Median gross rent	$2,075	$2,009
Housing units	14,414	1,966
Homeownership rate	47.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Key West	Stock Island
Population	24,843 → 25,824 (+3.9%)	4,416 → 4,724 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$69,630 → $78,532 (+12.8%)	$53,524 → $67,005 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$611,400 → $816,300 (+33.5%)	$309,700 → $513,300 (+65.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,816 → $2,075 (+14.3%)	$1,323 → $2,009 (+51.9%)

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

Stock Island

Population

4,4164,724

Median household income

$53,524$67,005

Median home value

$309,700$513,300

Median gross rent

$1,323$2,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Key West	Stock Island
Under 5	4.5%	9.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	21.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.9%
75 and over	8.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Key West	Stock Island
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	29.4%
Black or African American	11.0%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	38.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Key West	Stock Island
No high school diploma	6.7%	17.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Key West	Stock Island
Drove alone	57.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	12.6%	6.3%
Worked from home	10.3%	3.7%
Other means	7.7%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Key West	Stock Island
1-unit, detached	40.6%	27.1%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	16.7%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Key West	Stock Island
Poverty rate	11.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1967	1985