Cinco Bayou vs Mary Esther

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

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

Mary Esther has the higher population (4,034 vs 666 in Cinco Bayou). Cinco Bayou has the higher median household income ($79,830 vs $76,510 in Mary Esther). Cinco Bayou has the higher median home value ($292,700 vs $255,300 in Mary Esther).

Population, income & housing

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
Population	666	4,034
Median age	32.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,830	$76,510
Median home value	$292,700	$255,300
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,517
Housing units	366	1,842
Homeownership rate	59.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
Population	501 → 666 (+32.9%)	4,309 → 4,034 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$55,313 → $79,830 (+44.3%)	$64,237 → $76,510 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $292,700 (+24.2%)	$186,800 → $255,300 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,375 (+24.4%)	$1,105 → $1,517 (+37.3%)

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

Mary Esther

Population

4,3094,034

Median household income

$64,237$76,510

Median home value

$186,800$255,300

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,517

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
Under 5	3.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	25.5%	18.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.0%
75 and over	6.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	70.9%
Black or African American	3.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.3%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
No high school diploma	8.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
Drove alone	84.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
1-unit, detached	19.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	34.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	16.4%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cinco Bayou	Mary Esther
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1986	1973