Fernandina Beach vs Yulee

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

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

Yulee has the higher population (15,521 vs 13,239 in Fernandina Beach). Fernandina Beach has the higher median household income ($92,535 vs $82,718 in Yulee). Fernandina Beach has the higher median home value ($483,700 vs $278,200 in Yulee).

Population, income & housing

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
Population	13,239	15,521
Median age	58.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,535	$82,718
Median home value	$483,700	$278,200
Median gross rent	$1,581	$1,595
Housing units	8,103	6,196
Homeownership rate	78.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
Population	12,364 → 13,239 (+7.1%)	12,754 → 15,521 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$63,942 → $92,535 (+44.7%)	$68,571 → $82,718 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$333,900 → $483,700 (+44.9%)	$186,400 → $278,200 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,581 (+38.8%)	$1,178 → $1,595 (+35.4%)

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

Yulee

Population

12,75415,521

Median household income

$68,571$82,718

Median home value

$186,400$278,200

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
Under 5	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	6.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	18.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	22.5%	11.7%
75 and over	15.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	75.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	15.5%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
Drove alone	74.6%	78.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
1-unit, detached	69.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Fernandina Beach	Yulee
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1988	2000