Jay vs Navarre Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Jay and Navarre Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Navarre Beach has the higher population (1,583 vs 706 in Jay). Navarre Beach has the higher median household income ($125,545 vs $36,964 in Jay). Navarre Beach has the higher median home value ($755,200 vs $126,800 in Jay).

Population, income & housing

	Jay	Navarre Beach
Population	706	1,583
Median age	37.0 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,964	$125,545
Median home value	$126,800	$755,200
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,840
Housing units	335	2,025
Homeownership rate	43.4%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jay	Navarre Beach
Population	423 → 706 (+66.9%)	1,150 → 1,583 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $36,964 (+1.2%)	$81,389 → $125,545 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$76,200 → $126,800 (+66.4%)	$378,400 → $755,200 (+99.6%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,008 (+8.9%)	$1,680 → $1,840 (+9.5%)

Jay

Population

423706

Median household income

$36,528$36,964

Median home value

$76,200$126,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,008

Navarre Beach

Population

1,1501,583

Median household income

$81,389$125,545

Median home value

$378,400$755,200

Median gross rent

$1,680$1,840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jay	Navarre Beach
Under 5	8.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	4.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	3.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	20.0%
45 to 54	19.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	22.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	20.3%
75 and over	3.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jay	Navarre Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.4%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jay	Navarre Beach
No high school diploma	30.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jay	Navarre Beach
Drove alone	67.3%	87.3%
Carpooled	21.3%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.9%
Other means	4.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jay	Navarre Beach
1-unit, detached	72.2%	23.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	11.2%
20 or more units	4.8%	58.1%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jay	Navarre Beach
Poverty rate	33.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1972	1998