Destin vs Lake Lorraine

A side-by-side comparison of Destin and Lake Lorraine: population, income, housing, and more.

Destin and Lake Lorraine are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Destin has the higher population (14,018 vs 7,210 in Lake Lorraine). Lake Lorraine has the higher median household income ($91,619 vs $89,141 in Destin). Destin has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $411,900 in Lake Lorraine).

Population, income & housing

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
Population	14,018	7,210
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,141	$91,619
Median home value	$455,100	$411,900
Median gross rent	$1,913	$1,488
Housing units	13,656	3,370
Homeownership rate	69.8%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.0%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
Population	13,702 → 14,018 (+2.3%)	7,217 → 7,210 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $89,141 (+12.8%)	$77,015 → $91,619 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$332,000 → $455,100 (+37.1%)	$273,000 → $411,900 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,440 → $1,913 (+32.8%)	$1,171 → $1,488 (+27.1%)

Destin

Population

13,70214,018

Median household income

$79,000$89,141

Median home value

$332,000$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,913

Lake Lorraine

Population

7,2177,210

Median household income

$77,015$91,619

Median home value

$273,000$411,900

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.2%
75 and over	6.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	72.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.7%
Asian	0.7%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.7%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
Drove alone	73.7%	79.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
1-unit, detached	36.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	7.9%
20 or more units	41.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Destin	Lake Lorraine
Poverty rate	7.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1992	1979