Key West, FL

Census Place

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2024 Population
25,720
US Senator
Rick Scott
Republican Party
US Senator
Ashley Moody
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
46.1
0.86% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
10.9%
1.82% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$87,037
10.8% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$852,400
4.42% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
13,925
1.04% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Key West, FL reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

87.7% of the residents in Key West, FL are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Key West, FL are The College of the Florida Keys (164 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Key West, FL was $852,400, and the homeownership rate was 49.2%.

Most people in Key West, FL drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 14.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Key West, FL was 2 cars per household.

United StatesFloridaMonroe County, FLKey West, FLMiami-Dade (South/Outside Urban Development Boundary) & Monroe Counties PUMA, FL

Population & Diversity

Key West, FL is home to a population of 25.7k people, from which 87.7% are citizens. As of 2024, 22.9% of Key West, FL residents were born outside of the country (5.88k people).

In 2024, there were 4.79 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (15k people) in Key West, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.14k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.02k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

87.7%
2024 Citizenship
88.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 87.7% of Key West, FL residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Key West, FL was 88.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Key West, FL
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    15k ± 849
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    3.14k ± 743
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    3.02k ± 552
22.5%
Hispanic Population
5.78k people

In 2024, there were 4.79 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (15k people) in Key West, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.14k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.02k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

22.5% of the people in Key West, FL are hispanic (5.78k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Key West, FL as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Florida.
Most Common Origin
  1. Cuba
    1,008,771 ± 24,085 people
  2. Haiti
    353,350 ± 14,476 people
  3. Colombia
    307,955 ± 13,528 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Florida was Cuba, the natal country of 1,008,771 Florida residents, followed by Haiti with 353,350 and Colombia with 307,955.

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Foreign-Born Population

22.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
5.88k people
21.6%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
5.58k people

As of 2024, 22.9% of Key West, FL residents (5.88k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Key West, FL was 21.6%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    472 ± 173
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    471 ± 182
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    283 ± 144

Key West, FL has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Key West, FL employs 13.9k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Key West, FL were Accommodation & Food Services (2,844 people), Retail Trade (1,293 people), and Construction (1,261 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($116,758), Information ($88,173), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($71,087).

Employment

Occupations

13.9k
2024 Value
± 1,117
−1.04%
1 Year decline
± 11.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Key West, FL declined at a rate of −1.04%, from 14.1k employees to 13.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Key West, FL, are Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (1,887 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,618 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (1,483 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Key West, FL.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Florida.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

13.9k
2024 Value
± 1,117
−1.04%
1 Year decline
± 11.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Key West, FL declined at a rate of −1.04%, from 14.1k employees to 13.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Key West, FL, are Accommodation & Food Services (2,844 people), Retail Trade (1,293 people), and Construction (1,261 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Key West, FL, though some of these residents may live in Key West, FL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$48,965
Median earning men ± $4,641
$42,932
Median earning women ± $5,313

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($113,333), Information ($111,063), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($94,044).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($67,625), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($52,990), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,556).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
4.23%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.69M people employed in Florida. This represents a 4.23% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 12.6%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Florida.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Florida went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43%), followed by Jill Stein (0.396%).

Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are the senators currently representing the state of Florida. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Florida is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Key West, FL. Showing the available data for Florida.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (43%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.396%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Florida went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43%), followed by Jill Stein (0.396%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Florida for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Florida

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Rick Scott
Senator from Florida1
Assumed office on January 8, 2019
Inauguration delayed in order to finish his term as Governor of Florida.
Ashley Moody
Senator from Florida2
Assumed office on January 21, 2025
While elections for full class 3 terms will take place in 2028, Florida will hold a special election in 2026 to elect a senator to complete the remainder of Marco Rubio's term.

Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are the senators currently representing Florida.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Florida over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Key West, FL awarded 164 degrees. The student population of Key West, FL in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 365 male students and 489 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Key West, FL are White (78 and 48.4%), Hispanic or Latino (46 and 28.6%), Black or African American (29 and 18%), and Two or More Races (4 and 2.48%).

The largest universities in Key West, FL by number of degrees awarded are The College of the Florida Keys (164 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Key West, FL are Criminal Justice - Police Science (53 and 32.3%), Registered Nursing (29 and 17.7%), and Liberal Arts & Sciences (26 and 15.9%).

The median tuition cost in Key West, FL for a public four year colleges is $2,483 for in-state students and $9,933 for out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 854 students enrolled in Key West, FL, 42.7% men and 57.3% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 409 records, of which 54.5% were women and 45.5% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Wildlife, Fish, & Wildlands Science
    9 degrees awarded
  2. Registered Nursing
    27 degrees awarded
  3. Liberal Arts & Sciences
    26 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Key West, FL was Wildlife, Fish, & Wildlands Science with 9 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Key West, FL according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
The College of the Florida Keys
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
164 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was The College of the Florida Keys with 164 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 65 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Key West, FL, which is 0.657 times less than the 99 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 78 degrees mean that there were 1.7 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 46 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 4-year or above ($2,483) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($793) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($1,533) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Key West, FL was $852,400 in 2024, which is 2.56 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $816,300 to $852,400, a 4.42% increase. The homeownership rate in Key West, FL is 49.2%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Key West, FL have an average commute time of 14.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Key West, FL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$852,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$48,770
$5,297
Median Property Taxes
±$566

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Key West, FL the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Key West, FL compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

49.2%
Homeownership
2024
70.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 49.2% of the housing units in Key West, FL were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 47.4%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$87,037
Median Household Income
± $11,382
10.8k
Number of Households
± 902

In 2024, the median household income of the 10.8k households in Key West, FL grew to $87,037 from the previous year's value of $78,532.

The following chart displays the households in Key West, FL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Key West, FL is from Florida.
0.473
2023 Wage GINI in Florida
0.474
2022 Wage GINI in Florida

In 2023, the income inequality in Florida was 0.473 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.136% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Florida was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Florida in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (58.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (12.1%)
  3. Bicycle (10.6%)

In 2024, 58.3% of workers in Key West, FL drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (12.1%) and those who used a bicycle to get to work (10.6%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

14.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Key West, FL have a shorter commute time (14.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.25% of the workforce in Key West, FL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Key West, FL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Key West, FL have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Key West, FL (2.73k out of 25.1k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Key West, FL is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

84.7% of the population of Key West, FL has health coverage, with 30.1% on employee plans, 11.3% on Medicaid, 15.6% on Medicare, 23.2% on non-group plans, and 4.47% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Florida see 1,370 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,370 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1563 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 459 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51% were men and 49% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 16.5% under 18 years, 14.7% between 18 and 34 years, 46.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 22.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51% were men and 49% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

15.3%
Uninsured
30.1%
Employer Coverage
11.3%
Medicaid
15.6%
Medicare
23.2%
Non-Group
4.47%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Key West, FL declined by 13.5% from 17.7% to 15.3%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Key West, FL changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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