Demographics of Fernandina Beach city, Florida

Fernandina Beach city, Florida had 13,869 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +768 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Fernandina Beach city, in four figures

13,869
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 13,420 ±27.; +5.9%
Change since July 2020: +768 people.; 58.6 ±2.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $97,903 ±$9,250
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Fernandina Beach city, Florida's population grew 5.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Fernandina Beach city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Fernandina Beach city, Florida's population grew 5.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Fernandina Beach city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	13,101	100.0	100.0
2021	13,317	101.6	100.2
2022	13,425	102.5	100.7
2023	13,693	104.5	101.6
2024	13,722	104.7	102.5
2025	13,869	105.9	103.1

Population of Fernandina Beach city, Florida on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	13,101	—
2021	13,317	+216
2022	13,425	+108
2023	13,693	+268
2024	13,722	+29
2025	13,869	+147

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 58.6 ±2.3: for men 56.9 ±4.0 and for women 59.5 ±1.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Fernandina Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Florida	United States
Under 5	441 ±202	3.3% ±1.5	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,099 ±227	8.2% ±1.7	14.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	490 ±148	3.7% ±1.1	8.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,445 ±470	18.2% ±3.5	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,876 ±501	28.9% ±3.7	25.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,069 ±481	37.8% ±3.6	21.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $97,903 ±$9,250, and income per person $65,868 ±$6,599, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,568 ±$284 in Florida and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Fernandina Beach city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Florida	United States
Under $25,000	848 ±247	13.1% ±3.7	15.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	775 ±223	12.0% ±3.4	18.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,029 ±220	15.9% ±3.3	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	845 ±324	13.1% ±5.0	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,323 ±300	20.5% ±4.5	17.2% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	671 ±187	10.4% ±2.8	8.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	973 ±188	15.1% ±2.8	11.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Fernandina Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Florida	United States
All ages	1,488 ±506	11.3% ±3.8	12.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	139 to 603	10.2% to 38.3%	16.5% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	276 to 886	5.1% to 15.9%	11.5% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	536 ±196	8.8% ±3.1	11.8% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Fernandina Beach city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fernandina Beach city	Florida	United States
Housing units	8,168 ±410	10,256,470 ±942	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.1% ±2.0	85.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.9% ±3.6	14.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	80.5% ±2.8	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.5% ±4.2	32.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$555,400 ±$52,453	$359,000 ±$930	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,259 ±$446	$1,669 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1986 ±2	1988 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Fernandina Beach city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Florida	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,365 ±442	10.2% ±3.3	27.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,738 ±471	80.0% ±3.5	50.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,101 ±379	8.2% ±2.8	14.6% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 122	0% to 0.9%	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.2%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	50 to 264	0.4% to 2.0%	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Fernandina Beach city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Florida	United States
Born in the state	4,203 ±547	31.3% ±4.1	35.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,177 ±569	60.9% ±4.2	38.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	165 to 503	1.2% to 3.7%	4.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	706 ±211	5.3% ±1.6	21.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	460 ±153	3.4% ±1.1	12.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	88 to 404	0.7% to 3.0%	9.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Fernandina Beach city among the places of Florida

288th of 482 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Florida page.

Places of Florida near Fernandina Beach city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Palmetto city	13,588 ±34
South Daytona city	13,543 ±24
Sunset CDP	13,535 ±1,164
Pasadena Hills CDP	13,505 ±1,376
Callaway city	13,496 ±33
Fernandina Beach city	13,420 ±27
Atlantic Beach city	13,363 ±43
Highland City CDP	13,276 ±1,590
Mango CDP	13,242 ±1,430
Davenport city	13,238 ±29
North Palm Beach village	13,238 ±34

Rankings this appears in

No. 18 Places in Florida by per capita income
No. 31 Places in Florida by median household income
No. 34 Places in Florida by median home value
No. 36 Places in Florida by median age
No. 46 Places in Florida by homeownership rate
No. 58 Places in Florida by poverty rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026