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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Fort Walton Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 233 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026
Education & commute · Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 29.7% +1.9 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 233 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +6.4 pp
vs Okaloosa County −5.2 pp Okaloosa County: 34.8% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Walton Beach · Okaloosa County · Florida · United States
+6.4 pp since 2014
Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Fort Walton Beach
29.7%
Okaloosa County
34.8%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Fort Walton Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 29.7% · 2024
First value 22.4% · 2013
Highest 29.7% · 2024
Lowest 22.4% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Walton BeachChange Okaloosa CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 29.7% +1.9 pp 34.8% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 27.8% +0.3 pp 34.2% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 27.5% −0.2 pp 33.3% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 27.6% +2.2 pp 33.2% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 25.4% −1.6 pp 32.2% 30.5% —
2019estimate 27.1% +1.3 pp 31.1% 29.9% —
2018estimate 25.8% +0.5 pp 30.6% 29.2% —
2017estimate 25.4% +1.0 pp 29.8% 28.5% —
2016estimate 24.4% +0.5 pp 29.4% 27.9% —
2015estimate 23.9% +0.6 pp 28.8% 27.3% —
2014estimate 23.2% +0.8 pp 28.1% 26.8% —
2013estimate 22.4% 27.4% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
225 Alva 27.7%
46 Anna Maria 54.2%
233 Apalachicola 26.8%
96 Apollo Beach 43.4%
55 Atlantic Beach 52.8%
11 Atlantis 65.4%
178 Ave Maria 32.6%
53 Aventura 53.0%
250 Bagdad 24.1%
24 Bal Harbour 59.5%
368 Baldwin 8.7%
38 Bay Harbor Islands 55.8%
219 Bay Pines 28.1%
328 Bayonet Point 14.9%
310 Bayshore Gardens 17.4%
370 Bell 8.5%
364 Belle Glade 10.2%
27 Belleair 58.9%
26 Belleair Beach 59.2%
159 Belleair Bluffs 34.2%
280 Bellview 20.7%
374 Beverly Hills 7.6%
212 Big Pine Key 28.6%
82 Biscayne Park 45.5%
104 Bloomingdale 42.8%
…
205 Fort Myers 29.3%
103 Fort Myers Beach 42.9%
321 Fort Pierce 15.6%
240 Fort Walton Beach 25.4%
196 Freeport 30.3%
60 Fruit Cove 51.5%
175 Fruitville 33.0%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.