Garcon Point vs Jay

A side-by-side comparison of Garcon Point and Jay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jay has the higher population (706 vs 581 in Garcon Point). Garcon Point has the higher median household income ($106,463 vs $36,964 in Jay). Garcon Point has the higher median home value ($347,000 vs $126,800 in Jay).

Population, income & housing

	Garcon Point	Jay
Population	581	706
Median age	43.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,463	$36,964
Median home value	$347,000	$126,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,008
Housing units	255	335
Homeownership rate	100.0%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garcon Point	Jay
Population	377 → 581 (+54.1%)	423 → 706 (+66.9%)
Median household income	$133,628 → $106,463 (-20.3%)	$36,528 → $36,964 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$229,000 → $347,000 (+51.5%)	$76,200 → $126,800 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$926 → $1,008 (+8.9%)

Garcon Point

Population

377581

Median household income

$133,628$106,463

Median home value

$229,000$347,000

Jay

Population

423706

Median household income

$36,528$36,964

Median home value

$76,200$126,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garcon Point	Jay
Under 5	10.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	21.7%	19.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.2%	8.1%
75 and over	17.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garcon Point	Jay
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	91.5%
Black or African American	15.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garcon Point	Jay
No high school diploma	2.0%	30.1%
High school graduate	13.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garcon Point	Jay
Drove alone	96.2%	67.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garcon Point	Jay
1-unit, detached	98.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Garcon Point	Jay
Poverty rate	0.0%	33.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1985	1972