Florida · Census place 36550
Key West city, FL
Quick answer
Key West city has 25,824 residents, ranking #163 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $78,532, the median home is worth $816,300 and median gross rent runs $2,075 a month.
- Population
- 25,824Key West city residents
- Median household income
- $78,532Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $816,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,075Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 46.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 47.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Key West city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Key West city median would spend about 31.7% 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 10.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 47.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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