Mary Esther vs Shalimar

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

Mary Esther and Shalimar 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 839 in Shalimar). Shalimar has the higher median household income ($108,182 vs $76,510 in Mary Esther). Shalimar has the higher median home value ($463,900 vs $255,300 in Mary Esther).

Population, income & housing

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
Population	4,034	839
Median age	40.0 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,510	$108,182
Median home value	$255,300	$463,900
Median gross rent	$1,517	$2,162
Housing units	1,842	453
Homeownership rate	69.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
Population	4,309 → 4,034 (-6.4%)	888 → 839 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$64,237 → $76,510 (+19.1%)	$89,432 → $108,182 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$186,800 → $255,300 (+36.7%)	$312,200 → $463,900 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,517 (+37.3%)	$1,517 → $2,162 (+42.5%)

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

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)

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
Under 5	4.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	9.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	19.3%
75 and over	9.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	62.0%
Black or African American	6.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	2.3%
Two or more races	10.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
Drove alone	76.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
1-unit, detached	85.3%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	16.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	10.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mary Esther	Shalimar
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1973	1991