Butler Beach vs Crescent Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Butler Beach and Crescent Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Butler Beach has the higher population (4,723 vs 903 in Crescent Beach). Crescent Beach has the higher median household income ($120,917 vs $76,776 in Butler Beach). Crescent Beach has the higher median home value ($564,700 vs $469,100 in Butler Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
Population	4,723	903
Median age	61.7 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,776	$120,917
Median home value	$469,100	$564,700
Median gross rent	$1,682	$2,083
Housing units	4,829	1,953
Homeownership rate	85.4%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
Population	4,716 → 4,723 (+0.1%)	1,118 → 903 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$82,737 → $76,776 (-7.2%)	$53,333 → $120,917 (+126.7%)
Median home value	$350,300 → $469,100 (+33.9%)	$437,200 → $564,700 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,428 → $1,682 (+17.8%)	$1,199 → $2,083 (+73.7%)

Butler Beach

Population

4,7164,723

Median household income

$82,737$76,776

Median home value

$350,300$469,100

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,682

Crescent Beach

Population

1,118903

Median household income

$53,333$120,917

Median home value

$437,200$564,700

Median gross rent

$1,199$2,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.4%	4.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.2%	2.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	18.4%
55 to 64	25.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	25.3%	24.1%
75 and over	15.5%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	31.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
Drove alone	67.4%	51.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	38.7%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
1-unit, detached	49.8%	17.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	42.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	35.5%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler Beach	Crescent Beach
Poverty rate	10.0%	2.7%
Average household size	1.83	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1988	1982