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Households in Fort Walton Beach
2013 – 2024 · 12 data points
136 of 391 · Towns of Florida
Updated Nov 5, 2026
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024
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Overview
8 figures
People
24 figures
Economy
20 figures
Housing
8 figures
Education
10 figures
Tourism
3 figures
Climate
8 figures
Latest value · 2024
8,817
+0.9%
since 2023 ± 423 · margin of error
Towns of Florida · 2024
136 of 391
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014
+8.8%
+0.8% a year on average
share of Okaloosa County
10.3%
Okaloosa County: 85,411 · 2024
Households, 2013 – 2024 number
+8.8% since 2014
0
2,500
5,000
7,500
10K
2013
2016
2018
2020
2024
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024
Compared with Households · number
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
The series at a glance Fort Walton Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value
8,817 · 2024
First value
8,112 · 2013
Highest
9,380 · 2019
Lowest
8,103 · 2014
Average change
+0.8% a year on average
Data points
12
By year
All years · 2013 – 2024
| Year | Fort Walton Beach | ± | Change | Okaloosa County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024estimate | 8,817 | 423 | +0.9% | 85,411 | 8.8M | 129M |
| 2023estimate | 8,739 | 401 | −1.1% | 84,123 | 8.6M | 127M |
| 2022estimate | 8,840 | 372 | +0.7% | 83,334 | 8.4M | 126M |
| 2021estimate | 8,775 | 398 | −5.1% | 81,785 | 8.2M | 124M |
| 2020estimate | 9,246 | 421 | −1.4% | 79,235 | 7.9M | — |
| 2019estimate | 9,380 | 353 | +0.6% | 77,962 | 7.7M | — |
| 2018estimate | 9,321 | 392 | +2.1% | 77,403 | 7.6M | — |
| 2017estimate | 9,131 | 366 | +2.1% | 76,574 | 7.5M | — |
| 2016estimate | 8,947 | 323 | +5.2% | 76,140 | 7.4M | — |
| 2015estimate | 8,502 | 326 | +4.9% | 74,884 | 7.3M | — |
| 2014estimate | 8,103 | 400 | −0.1% | 73,655 | 7.2M | — |
| 2013estimate | 8,112 | 365 | 73,253 | 7.2M | — |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024
Ranking · Towns of Florida
2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Households | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | Alva | 893 | |
| 350 | Anna Maria | 529 | |
| 313 | Apalachicola | 933 | |
| 145 | Apollo Beach | 6,583 | |
| 162 | Atlantic Beach | 5,502 | |
| 309 | Atlantis | 947 | |
| 58 | Aventura | 18,875 | |
| 283 | Bagdad | 1,450 | |
| 277 | Bal Harbour | 1,549 | |
| 347 | Baldwin | 575 | |
| 245 | Bay Harbor Islands | 2,462 | |
| 279 | Bay Pines | 1,501 | |
| 93 | Bayonet Point | 10,854 | |
| 132 | Bayshore Gardens | 7,376 | |
| 376 | Bell | 165 | |
| 149 | Belle Glade | 6,180 | |
| 273 | Belleair | 1,722 | |
| 333 | Belleair Beach | 739 | |
| 296 | Belleair Bluffs | 1,191 | |
| 113 | Bellview | 8,834 | |
| 199 | Beverly Hills | 4,087 | |
| 261 | Big Pine Key | 2,040 | |
| 304 | Biscayne Park | 1,008 | |
| 125 | Bloomingdale | 7,852 | |
| 19 | Boca Raton | 38,041 | |
| … | |||
| 39 | Fort Myers | 26,428 | |
| 208 | Fort Myers Beach | 3,703 | |
| 67 | Fort Pierce | 16,649 | |
| 112 | Fort Walton Beach | 8,947 | |
| 318 | Freeport | 891 | |
| 101 | Fruit Cove | 10,262 | |
| 160 | Fruitville | 5,508 | |
| … |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016
What it means
The number of homes lived in by a household.
How it is calculated
Occupied homes counted in the census or survey; a household is everybody who lives in one home.
People
Statistics: Fort Walton Beach
Population
21,097
2025
Population of the urban area
55,900
2025
Population growth
0.52%
2025 · United States
Population density
1,066
2025
Size of the urban area
50
2025
Density of the urban area
1,118
2025
Median age
39.1
2024
Children under 15
15.7%
2024 · Florida
Children under 18
22.1%
2024
Residents 65 and over
19.7%
2024
Life expectancy
77.9
2022 · Florida
Births per woman
1.63
2024 · United States