DeFuniak Springs vs Miramar Beach

A side-by-side comparison of DeFuniak Springs and Miramar Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Miramar Beach has the higher population (8,587 vs 6,284 in DeFuniak Springs). Miramar Beach has the higher median household income ($97,159 vs $51,883 in DeFuniak Springs). Miramar Beach has the higher median home value ($672,200 vs $163,200 in DeFuniak Springs).

Population, income & housing

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
Population	6,284	8,587
Median age	34.2 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,883	$97,159
Median home value	$163,200	$672,200
Median gross rent	$821	$2,097
Housing units	2,706	15,121
Homeownership rate	67.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
Population	6,448 → 6,284 (-2.5%)	8,356 → 8,587 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$41,964 → $51,883 (+23.6%)	$70,069 → $97,159 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $163,200 (+34.1%)	$393,900 → $672,200 (+70.7%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $821 (+10.1%)	$1,211 → $2,097 (+73.2%)

DeFuniak Springs

Population

6,4486,284

Median household income

$41,964$51,883

Median home value

$121,700$163,200

Median gross rent

$746$821

Miramar Beach

Population

8,3568,587

Median household income

$70,069$97,159

Median home value

$393,900$672,200

Median gross rent

$1,211$2,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
Under 5	7.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	21.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	20.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	21.3%
75 and over	7.4%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	22.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
No high school diploma	18.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.9%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
Drove alone	75.1%	70.6%
Carpooled	14.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.8%	25.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
1-unit, detached	79.5%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	46.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	DeFuniak Springs	Miramar Beach
Poverty rate	19.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1978	1997