Callahan vs Fernandina Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Callahan and Fernandina Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Callahan and Fernandina Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fernandina Beach has the higher population (13,239 vs 1,502 in Callahan). Fernandina Beach has the higher median household income ($92,535 vs $57,538 in Callahan). Fernandina Beach has the higher median home value ($483,700 vs $233,500 in Callahan).

Population, income & housing

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
Population	1,502	13,239
Median age	35.3 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,538	$92,535
Median home value	$233,500	$483,700
Median gross rent	$760	$1,581
Housing units	671	8,103
Homeownership rate	60.7%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
Population	1,424 → 1,502 (+5.5%)	12,364 → 13,239 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$42,548 → $57,538 (+35.2%)	$63,942 → $92,535 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $233,500 (+52.6%)	$333,900 → $483,700 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $760 (-2.8%)	$1,139 → $1,581 (+38.8%)

Callahan

Population

1,4241,502

Median household income

$42,548$57,538

Median home value

$153,000$233,500

Median gross rent

$782$760

Fernandina Beach

Population

12,36413,239

Median household income

$63,942$92,535

Median home value

$333,900$483,700

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
Under 5	5.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	6.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	20.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	22.5%
75 and over	6.0%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	80.5%
Black or African American	9.8%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
Drove alone	91.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.1%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
1-unit, detached	61.8%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Callahan	Fernandina Beach
Poverty rate	14.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.32	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1999	1988