Crescent City vs East Palatka

A side-by-side comparison of Crescent City and East Palatka: population, income, housing, and more.

Crescent City and East Palatka are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crescent City has the higher population (1,856 vs 1,536 in East Palatka). East Palatka has the higher median household income ($72,153 vs $32,357 in Crescent City). East Palatka has the higher median home value ($240,100 vs $187,500 in Crescent City).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent City	East Palatka
Population	1,856	1,536
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,357	$72,153
Median home value	$187,500	$240,100
Median gross rent	$788	$1,057
Housing units	821	616
Homeownership rate	58.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent City	East Palatka
Population	1,646 → 1,856 (+12.8%)	1,713 → 1,536 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$23,553 → $32,357 (+37.4%)	$28,594 → $72,153 (+152.3%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $187,500 (+60.3%)	$119,100 → $240,100 (+101.6%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $788 (+60.2%)	$823 → $1,057 (+28.4%)

Crescent City

Population

1,6461,856

Median household income

$23,553$32,357

Median home value

$117,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$492$788

East Palatka

Population

1,7131,536

Median household income

$28,594$72,153

Median home value

$119,100$240,100

Median gross rent

$823$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent City	East Palatka
Under 5	7.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	19.4%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	2.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	23.6%
75 and over	10.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent City	East Palatka
White (non-Hispanic)	46.4%	51.6%
Black or African American	28.8%	37.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent City	East Palatka
No high school diploma	18.2%	22.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent City	East Palatka
Drove alone	69.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	24.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent City	East Palatka
1-unit, detached	68.8%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Crescent City	East Palatka
Poverty rate	37.3%	25.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	49
Median year structure built	1972	1981