What is the population of Destin city?

Destin city has 14,018 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #270 of 955 in Florida.

What is the median household income in Destin city?

Median household income in Destin city is $89,141 a year, 13.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Destin city?

Median gross rent is $1,913 a month and the median home value is $455,100, so rent absorbs about 25.8% of median household income.

Is Destin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Destin city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Destin, FL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Destin, Florida (Destin, FL — Census place “Destin city”) is 14,018 residents, ranking #270 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $89,141, the median home is worth $455,100 and median gross rent runs $1,913 a month. Looking for the Destin Florida ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Destin, FL: 32541.

Population: 14,018Destin city residents
Median household income: $89,141Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $455,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,913Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.8%Owner-occupied households

Destin ZIP codes (Florida)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Destin.

The Destin FL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

32541

What the numbers mean in Destin city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Destin city median would spend about 25.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.6% of residents and 69.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Destin city, FL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Destin city is a mid-size town in Florida, with 14,018 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #270 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Destin city earn a median of $89,141 a year, 13.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 30% above the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Destin city is valued at $455,100, 50% above the national figure and 49% above the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,913 a month, 36.1% above the national figure, or roughly $22,956 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 69.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Destin city?: Destin city has 14,018 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #270 of 955 in Florida.
What is the median household income in Destin city?: Median household income in Destin city is $89,141 a year, 13.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Destin city?: Median gross rent is $1,913 a month and the median home value is $455,100, so rent absorbs about 25.8% of median household income.
Is Destin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Destin city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Destin city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.