Crescent City vs Palatka

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

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

Palatka has the higher population (10,558 vs 1,856 in Crescent City). Palatka has the higher median household income ($33,628 vs $32,357 in Crescent City). Crescent City has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $112,300 in Palatka).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent City	Palatka
Population	1,856	10,558
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,357	$33,628
Median home value	$187,500	$112,300
Median gross rent	$788	$914
Housing units	821	4,571
Homeownership rate	58.0%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent City	Palatka
Population	1,646 → 1,856 (+12.8%)	10,363 → 10,558 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$23,553 → $32,357 (+37.4%)	$26,881 → $33,628 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $187,500 (+60.3%)	$75,200 → $112,300 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $788 (+60.2%)	$714 → $914 (+28.0%)

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

Palatka

Population

10,36310,558

Median household income

$26,881$33,628

Median home value

$75,200$112,300

Median gross rent

$714$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent City	Palatka
Under 5	7.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.4%
75 and over	10.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent City	Palatka
White (non-Hispanic)	46.4%	43.5%
Black or African American	28.8%	44.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent City	Palatka
No high school diploma	18.2%	20.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent City	Palatka
Drove alone	69.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	4.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent City	Palatka
1-unit, detached	68.8%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	12.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Crescent City	Palatka
Poverty rate	37.3%	34.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1972	1971