Gulf Breeze vs Navarre

A side-by-side comparison of Gulf Breeze and Navarre: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Navarre has the higher population (38,988 vs 6,519 in Gulf Breeze). Gulf Breeze has the higher median household income ($108,575 vs $98,522 in Navarre). Gulf Breeze has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $352,300 in Navarre).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
Population	6,519	38,988
Median age	50.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,575	$98,522
Median home value	$484,800	$352,300
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,797
Housing units	3,118	14,911
Homeownership rate	77.7%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
Population	6,546 → 6,519 (-0.4%)	37,362 → 38,988 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$92,267 → $108,575 (+17.7%)	$78,282 → $98,522 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$371,600 → $484,800 (+30.5%)	$235,800 → $352,300 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,246 (-15.4%)	$1,360 → $1,797 (+32.1%)

Gulf Breeze

Population

6,5466,519

Median household income

$92,267$108,575

Median home value

$371,600$484,800

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,246

Navarre

Population

37,36238,988

Median household income

$78,282$98,522

Median home value

$235,800$352,300

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
Under 5	3.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	2.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.8%
75 and over	11.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	74.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	10.5%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
Drove alone	66.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.8%	9.8%
Other means	4.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
1-unit, detached	71.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	9.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Breeze	Navarre
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1973	2002