Hurlburt Field vs Mary Esther

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

Hurlburt Field 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 2,867 in Hurlburt Field). Mary Esther has the higher median household income ($76,510 vs $46,683 in Hurlburt Field). Since 2019, Hurlburt Field's population has grown faster (+15.7% vs -6.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
Population	2,867	4,034
Median age	23.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,683	$76,510
Median home value	—	$255,300
Median gross rent	$2,008	$1,517
Housing units	828	1,842
Homeownership rate	0.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
Population	2,478 → 2,867 (+15.7%)	4,309 → 4,034 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$37,043 → $46,683 (+26.0%)	$64,237 → $76,510 (+19.1%)
Median home value	—	$186,800 → $255,300 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $2,008 (+38.7%)	$1,105 → $1,517 (+37.3%)

Hurlburt Field

Population

2,4782,867

Median household income

$37,043$46,683

Median gross rent

$1,448$2,008

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)

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
Under 5	18.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	24.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	34.9%	18.8%
35 to 44	6.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	2.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.0%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	70.9%
Black or African American	6.4%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	14.3%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
Drove alone	66.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.2%	5.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
1-unit, detached	4.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	89.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hurlburt Field	Mary Esther
Poverty rate	4.5%	5.3%
Average household size	3.32	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	2013	1973