Crescent Beach vs Sawgrass

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

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

Sawgrass has the higher population (4,734 vs 903 in Crescent Beach). Sawgrass has the higher median household income ($121,519 vs $120,917 in Crescent Beach). Sawgrass has the higher median home value ($841,600 vs $564,700 in Crescent Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
Population	903	4,734
Median age	61.8 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$120,917	$121,519
Median home value	$564,700	$841,600
Median gross rent	$2,083	$1,884
Housing units	1,953	3,123
Homeownership rate	91.5%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
Population	1,118 → 903 (-19.2%)	4,841 → 4,734 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $120,917 (+126.7%)	$89,700 → $121,519 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$437,200 → $564,700 (+29.2%)	$529,900 → $841,600 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,199 → $2,083 (+73.7%)	$1,569 → $1,884 (+20.1%)

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

Sawgrass

Population

4,8414,734

Median household income

$89,700$121,519

Median home value

$529,900$841,600

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	4.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	2.3%	4.8%
45 to 54	18.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	20.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	24.1%	21.0%
75 and over	18.8%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
Drove alone	51.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	38.7%	23.5%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
1-unit, detached	17.4%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	42.9%	23.3%
20 or more units	35.5%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Crescent Beach	Sawgrass
Poverty rate	2.7%	9.5%
Average household size	1.79	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1982	1986