Fort Walton Beach vs Lake Lorraine

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

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

Fort Walton Beach has the higher population (20,956 vs 7,210 in Lake Lorraine). Lake Lorraine has the higher median household income ($91,619 vs $66,556 in Fort Walton Beach). Lake Lorraine has the higher median home value ($411,900 vs $296,000 in Fort Walton Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
Population	20,956	7,210
Median age	39.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,556	$91,619
Median home value	$296,000	$411,900
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,488
Housing units	9,888	3,370
Homeownership rate	59.7%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
Population	22,084 → 20,956 (-5.1%)	7,217 → 7,210 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$54,330 → $66,556 (+22.5%)	$77,015 → $91,619 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$185,900 → $296,000 (+59.2%)	$273,000 → $411,900 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,268 (+28.3%)	$1,171 → $1,488 (+27.1%)

Fort Walton Beach

Population

22,08420,956

Median household income

$54,330$66,556

Median home value

$185,900$296,000

Median gross rent

$988$1,268

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)

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.2%
75 and over	8.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	72.1%
Black or African American	12.5%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.7%
Asian	5.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
Drove alone	78.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
1-unit, detached	66.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	9.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Walton Beach	Lake Lorraine
Poverty rate	13.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1972	1979