Eglin AFB vs Shalimar

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

Eglin AFB and Shalimar 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 839 in Shalimar). Shalimar has the higher median household income ($108,182 vs $76,705 in Eglin AFB). Since 2019, Eglin AFB's population has grown faster (+38.2% vs -5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
Population	2,975	839
Median age	24.0 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,705	$108,182
Median home value	—	$463,900
Median gross rent	$1,897	$2,162
Housing units	987	453
Homeownership rate	0.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
Population	2,152 → 2,975 (+38.2%)	888 → 839 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$44,712 → $76,705 (+71.6%)	$89,432 → $108,182 (+21.0%)
Median home value	—	$312,200 → $463,900 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,897 (+30.3%)	$1,517 → $2,162 (+42.5%)

Eglin AFB

Population

2,1522,975

Median household income

$44,712$76,705

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,897

Shalimar

Population

888839

Median household income

$89,432$108,182

Median home value

$312,200$463,900

Median gross rent

$1,517$2,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
Under 5	14.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	23.8%	9.9%
18 to 24	14.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	27.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	2.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	0.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	2.2%	19.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	62.0%
Black or African American	6.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.8%	2.3%
Two or more races	9.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	27.8%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	16.5%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
Drove alone	83.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
1-unit, detached	27.9%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	62.0%	16.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eglin AFB	Shalimar
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.5%
Average household size	3.12	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	2013	1991