Fort Walton Beach, FL: key statistics
Population: 21,097 (2025). Median household income: $68,538 (2024).
Fort Walton Beach, FL in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 22.7 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 3.5% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 66% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 43.2 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $68,538 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $37,937 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 13.3% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 20 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 61.8% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $321,800 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,307 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 11 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 9,901 | 2024 | |
| Households | 8,817 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 11% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 54.5% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.3 persons per household | 2024 |
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