Freeport vs Miramar Beach

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

Freeport 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 6,203 in Freeport). Miramar Beach has the higher median household income ($97,159 vs $89,540 in Freeport). Miramar Beach has the higher median home value ($672,200 vs $379,400 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
Population	6,203	8,587
Median age	39.3 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,540	$97,159
Median home value	$379,400	$672,200
Median gross rent	$1,769	$2,097
Housing units	2,711	15,121
Homeownership rate	68.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
Population	2,369 → 6,203 (+161.8%)	8,356 → 8,587 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$54,243 → $89,540 (+65.1%)	$70,069 → $97,159 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $379,400 (+70.1%)	$393,900 → $672,200 (+70.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,769 (+66.4%)	$1,211 → $2,097 (+73.2%)

Freeport

Population

2,3696,203

Median household income

$54,243$89,540

Median home value

$223,100$379,400

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,769

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)

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
Under 5	6.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	20.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	21.3%
75 and over	5.4%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
No high school diploma	9.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	20.6%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
Drove alone	62.2%	70.6%
Carpooled	16.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.6%	25.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
1-unit, detached	75.5%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	46.4%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Miramar Beach
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	2013	1997