Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety55#415/924
Economy93#66/925
Housing4#891/925
Health97#28/925
Healthcare31#639/923
Environment76#224/917
Education80#183/925
Infrastructure85#138/925
Community77#217/925
Leisure & amenities99#7/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Pharmacies · high3.9 /10k
100/100Florida 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · high$157,273
100/100Florida $70,596United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · high37.3 /10k
100/100Florida 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high20.6 /10k
99/100Florida 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
New business applications · high29.0 /1k
99/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Depression · low17.4%
98/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high64.5%
0/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · high8.9×
1/100Florida 4.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · high37.1%
2/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.517
2/100Florida 0.485United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Severe housing problems · high24.5%
2/100Florida 19.0%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Hot days · high116 days
4/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
15% (2021) → 78% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+63 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
46.2 /100k (2021) → 10.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−78%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Voter turnoutWorsening
84.7% (2020) → 71.3% (2024)
−13 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$102,962 (2019) → $157,273 (2024)
+53%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Job growthWorsening
7.2% (2021) → -1.9% (2026 Q1)
−9.1 pts5 yearsUS 3.4% → 0.1%
Traffic deathsImproving
28.8 /100k (2015-2019) → 16.5 /100k (2020-2024)
−43%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area improved on 18 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 5 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved18

Uninsured−6.4 points23.2% → 16.8%
Real income+53%$102,962 → $157,273
Suicides−47%30.2 /100k → 16.1 /100k
Traffic deaths−43%28.8 /100k → 16.5 /100k
Unemployment−5.7 points8.5% → 2.8%

Declined4

Price / income+1.8×7.1× → 8.9×
Libraries−9.9%0.7 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Rent / income+3.1 points34.0% → 37.1%
Gyms−19%2.3 /10k → 1.9 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	18.9 /10k2020	20.6 /10k2025	+8.9%	Improved	50%
Average commute time	18.4 min2015-2019	19.5 min2020-2024	+1.1 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Average weekly wage	$9112020	$1,1962025	+31%	Improved	95%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%2015-2019	38.6%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	83.6%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Improved	17%
Child poverty rate	17.0%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Improved	81%
Distance to an airport	25 mi2020	25 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	27.8 /100k2020	10.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−64%	Improved	93%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	28%
Firearm deaths	15.7 /100k2020	14.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.1%	Improved	57%
Grocery stores	3.1 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	+3%	Little change	62%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.3 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−19%	Declined	19%
High school diploma or higher	91.4%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Home price to income ratio	7.1×2015-2019	8.9×2020-2024	+1.8×	Declined	1%
Homicide rate	4.2 /100k2020	3.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−21%	Improved	45%
Income adjusted for local prices	$102,9622019	$157,2732024	+53%	Improved	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5052015-2019	0.5172020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$70,0332015-2019	$87,7382020-2024	+25%	Improved	41%
New business applications	22.6 /1k2020	29.0 /1k2025	+28%	Improved	25%
Pharmacies	3.5 /10k2020	3.9 /10k2025	+10%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	10.9%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Property crime rate	1,322 /100k2020	804 /100k2025	−39%	Improved	63%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−9.9%	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	34.0%2015-2019	37.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Declined	10%
Rent-burdened households	59.1%2015-2019	64.5%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Restaurants and bars	35.7 /10k2020	37.3 /10k2025	+4.4%	Little change	64%
Suicide rate	30.2 /100k2020	16.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−47%	Improved	99%
Traffic deaths	28.8 /100k2015-2019	16.5 /100k2020-2024	−43%	Improved	98%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2020	2.8%2025	−5.7 points	Improved	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.2%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Improved	99%
Violent crime rate	401 /100k2020	247 /100k2025	−38%	Improved	86%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area itself moved +8.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

81,860 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

34,405 households (±736)

Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k12%4,262
$25k–50k15%5,272
$50k–75k16%5,385

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

34,405 households (±736)

Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area
United States share

Own66%22,636
Rent34%11,769

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.3 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

42,262 workers (±866)

Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone64%27,101
Carpool9.1%3,843
Public transit0.4%†188

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Key West-Key Largo, FL has 4,154 employer establishments, 502 for every 10,000 residents (2.02× the US rate of 248), with 37,134 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,056. The Census Bureau also counts 16,021 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,154; 16,021 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 502; US 248
Paid employees: 37,134
Average annual pay: $48,056; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Key West-Key Largo, FL by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Lessors of real estate	381	46.1	3.74×More than typical	859	$64,597	2,370
Restaurants and other eating places	366	44.3	2.41×More than typical	6,953	$35,275	136
Full-service restaurants	261	31.6	4.11×More than typical	5,581	$37,654	77
Specialty trade contractors	257	31.1	2.01×More than typical	1,192	$58,357	812
Ambulatory health care services	195	23.6	1.13×About typical	897	$73,047	441
Real estate agents and brokers	194	23.5	4.82×More than typical	316	$79,899	561
Traveler accommodation	160	19.3	10.7×More than typical	7,659	$44,579	84
Services to buildings and dwellings	159	19.2	2.85×More than typical	839	$43,725	1,496
Clothing and accessories stores	130	15.7	4.33×More than typical	743	$29,127	130
Management, scientific and technical consulting	122	14.8	2.20×More than typical	300	$157,140	558
Construction of buildings	119	14.4	1.90×More than typical	502	$51,614	520
Building equipment contractors	118	14.3	2.37×More than typical	774	$56,270	179

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 82,695 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $54M on contracts performed in Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area: $671 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $54M; −83% vs FY2025
Per resident: $671; US $1,995
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 35%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$17.7M33%
National Park Service$13M24%
Defense Logistics Agency$8.2M15%
U.S. Coast Guard$6.8M13%
Department of the Army$4M7.4%
Department of the Air Force$3.7M6.9%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.6M2.9%
Federal Aviation Administration$1.5M2.8%

Top recipients

STONE & LIME IMPORTS, INC$11.9M22%
DATA MONITOR SYSTEMS INC$4M7.3%
P & S CONSTRUCTION INC.$3.8M7.0%
FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT AUTHORITY$3.5M6.6%
CW RESOURCES, INC.$2.5M4.6%

Spending by fiscal year

82.7MFY2017
150.7MFY2018
144.2MFY2019
90MFY2020
236.1MFY2021
70.1MFY2022
126MFY2023
82.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$12.9M24%
Facilities support services · 5612$4.8M8.8%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$4.3M7.9%
Specialized freight trucking · 4842$4M7.3%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$3.5M6.6%
Ship and boat building · 3366$3.4M

Largest awards

REBUILD SECTOR/STATION KEY WEST$86.3M
RQ-AECOM 2 JV· Monroe County, FL· Construction & real property· Jul 6, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· 70Z04721FKWDSCN00
!8503617380!ALONGSIDE REFUEL$34.8M
DATA MONITOR SYSTEMS INC· Monroe County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Mar 5, 2026· SPE60016C5015
JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE - SOUTH COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT/SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING$27.6M
LEIDOS, INC.· Monroe County, FL· IT & telecom· Sep 16, 2020 – Oct 28, 2025· HC102820F0644
DRTO 244370/244372 - REPAIRS TO FORT JEFFERSON COUNTERSCARP & MAINTENANCE DREDGING AT DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $547.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area: $6,810 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $547.6M; −8.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,810; US $12,957
Loan face value: $45M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$375.9M69%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$63.9M12%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$23.6M4.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$21.3M3.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$9.4M1.7%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$8.4M1.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.6M1.4%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$5.8M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$12.7M2.3%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT$10.3M1.9%
KEY WEST, FL
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF KEY WEST FLORIDA$6.5M1.2%
KEY WEST, FL
MONROE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$4.9M0.9%
KEY WEST, FL
MARATHON HOUSING ASSOCIATES, LTD

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$428.4M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$73.5M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$13M2.4%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$11.4M2.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Aviation Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

508MFY2021
513.8MFY2022
565MFY2023
579.8MFY2024
599.3MFY2025
547.6MFY2026

County aggregates

92%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Key West-Key Largo, FL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Monroe CountyCentral county8280,406

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Florida

Areas based in Florida, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved18

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Key West-Key Largo, FL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Key West-Key Largo, FL

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Florida

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved18

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought