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Housing Statistics · City estimate

Homeownership rate in Fort Walton Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 286 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Homeownership rate, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Walton Beach · Okaloosa County · Florida · United States
+3.6 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 Homeownership rate · percent
Fort Walton Beach
61.8%
Florida
67.6%

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

The series at a glance Fort Walton Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 61.8% · 2024
First value 60.7% · 2013
Highest 61.8% · 2024
Lowest 54.8% · 2016
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Walton BeachChange Okaloosa CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 61.8% +2.1 pp 68.4% 67.6% 65.2%
2023estimate 59.7% −1.2 pp 67.8% 67.3% 65.0%
2022estimate 60.9% +1.9 pp 67.2% 66.9% 64.8%
2021estimate 59.1% −2.2 pp 65.6% 66.4% 64.6%
2020estimate 61.3% +2.2 pp 66.0% 66.2% —
2019estimate 59.1% +1.9 pp 63.4% 65.4% —
2018estimate 57.2% +0.8 pp 63.0% 65.0% —
2017estimate 56.3% +1.6 pp 63.3% 64.8% —
2016estimate 54.8% −1.2 pp 63.3% 64.8% —
2015estimate 56.0% −2.2 pp 63.5% 65.3% —
2014estimate 58.2% −2.5 pp 64.6% 66.1% —
2013estimate 60.7% 66.1% 67.1% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryHomeownership rate
1 Chokoloskee 100.0%
2 Indian River Shores 97.4%
3 Wabasso Beach 96.8%
4 Malabar 96.7%
5 Golden Beach 95.8%
6 Horseshoe Beach 95.5%
7 Jupiter Farms 95.0%
8 St Leo 94.7%
9 Southwest Ranches 93.8%
10 Citrus Hills 93.3%
11 South Beach 92.9%
12 Homosassa 92.6%
13 Tierra Verde 92.5%
14 Grant-Valkaria 92.3%
15 Longboat Key 92.2%
16 Trinity 91.4%
17 St James City 90.5%
18 Jupiter Island 90.5%
19 The Acreage 90.2%
20 Pineland 90.1%
21 Melbourne Village 90.1%
22 Sea Ranch Lakes 89.7%
23 Anna Maria 89.4%
24 Miami Shores 89.3%
25 Sewall's Point 88.9%
…
295 Cape Canaveral 56.7%
296 Baldwin 56.6%
297 Largo 56.4%
298 Fort Walton Beach 56.3%
299 West Miami 56.2%
300 Cross City 56.1%
301 South Miami Heights 56.0%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

What it means

The share of homes lived in by their owners.

How it is calculated

Owner-occupied homes divided by all occupied homes.