Mary Esther vs Valparaiso

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

Mary Esther and Valparaiso are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valparaiso has the higher population (4,910 vs 4,034 in Mary Esther). Valparaiso has the higher median household income ($81,938 vs $76,510 in Mary Esther). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($348,600 vs $255,300 in Mary Esther).

Population, income & housing

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
Population	4,034	4,910
Median age	40.0 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,510	$81,938
Median home value	$255,300	$348,600
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,254
Housing units	1,842	2,011
Homeownership rate	69.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
Population	4,309 → 4,034 (-6.4%)	5,145 → 4,910 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$64,237 → $76,510 (+19.1%)	$57,316 → $81,938 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$186,800 → $255,300 (+36.7%)	$224,800 → $348,600 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,517 (+37.3%)	$1,159 → $1,254 (+8.2%)

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

Valparaiso

Population

5,1454,910

Median household income

$57,316$81,938

Median home value

$224,800$348,600

Median gross rent

$1,159$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
Under 5	4.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	20.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	23.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.2%
75 and over	9.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	72.4%
Black or African American	6.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	38.6%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
Drove alone	76.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	13.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	85.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Mary Esther	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1973	1975