Cinco Bayou vs Eglin AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Cinco Bayou and Eglin AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Cinco Bayou and Eglin AFB are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eglin AFB has the higher population (2,975 vs 666 in Cinco Bayou). Cinco Bayou has the higher median household income ($79,830 vs $76,705 in Eglin AFB). Since 2019, Eglin AFB's population has grown faster (+38.2% vs +32.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
Population	666	2,975
Median age	32.6 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,830	$76,705
Median home value	$292,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,897
Housing units	366	987
Homeownership rate	59.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
Population	501 → 666 (+32.9%)	2,152 → 2,975 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$55,313 → $79,830 (+44.3%)	$44,712 → $76,705 (+71.6%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $292,700 (+24.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,375 (+24.4%)	$1,456 → $1,897 (+30.3%)

Cinco Bayou

Population

501666

Median household income

$55,313$79,830

Median home value

$235,700$292,700

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,375

Eglin AFB

Population

2,1522,975

Median household income

$44,712$76,705

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
Under 5	3.2%	14.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	14.6%
25 to 34	25.5%	27.9%
35 to 44	6.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	2.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	0.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	2.2%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	50.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.8%
Two or more races	8.3%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
Drove alone	84.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
1-unit, detached	19.7%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	34.7%	62.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	16.4%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cinco Bayou	Eglin AFB
Poverty rate	9.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.11	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1986	2013