Niceville vs Valparaiso

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

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

Niceville has the higher population (16,043 vs 4,910 in Valparaiso). Niceville has the higher median household income ($96,611 vs $81,938 in Valparaiso). Niceville has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $348,600 in Valparaiso).

Population, income & housing

	Niceville	Valparaiso
Population	16,043	4,910
Median age	39.2 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,611	$81,938
Median home value	$381,700	$348,600
Median gross rent	$1,579	$1,254
Housing units	6,476	2,011
Homeownership rate	72.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niceville	Valparaiso
Population	15,386 → 16,043 (+4.3%)	5,145 → 4,910 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$76,823 → $96,611 (+25.8%)	$57,316 → $81,938 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$238,800 → $381,700 (+59.8%)	$224,800 → $348,600 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,579 (+41.4%)	$1,159 → $1,254 (+8.2%)

Niceville

Population

15,38616,043

Median household income

$76,823$96,611

Median home value

$238,800$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,579

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)

	Niceville	Valparaiso
Under 5	7.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	20.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	23.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.2%
75 and over	6.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niceville	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	72.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niceville	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	24.0%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niceville	Valparaiso
Drove alone	76.5%	71.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	13.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	2.0%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	3.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niceville	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	80.5%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Niceville	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1987	1975