A town of 13,363, settled in 1926. A typical home worth about $713K.
The 3 things Atlantic Beach does most differently from other towns.
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The typical Atlantic Beach home is worth about $713,000, up 2% in a year, 90% above the Florida typical home.
The public schools Atlantic Beach’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Beach Elementary School | PK–5 | 482 | A |
Most working residents leave Atlantic Beach for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (54%), Jacksonville Beach (8%) and Neptune Beach (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.
Atlantic Beach beats the Florida average on 9 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Atlantic Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.8% | 12.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.9% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 9.1% |
6.0 miles of trails across 11 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Howell Park | 0.7 mi | 8 |
| 2. Tideviews Preserve | 0.4 mi | 9 |
| 3. Jack Russell Park | — | 9 |
Atlantic Beach has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 90°, a January night drops to 46°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 36% of U.S. communities.
Atlantic Beach reports less crime per resident than 51% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
City in Florida, United States
Atlantic Beach is a city in Duval County, Florida, United States and the second largest of the Jacksonville Beaches communities. When the majority of communities in Duval County consolidated with Jacksonville in 1968, Atlantic Beach, along with Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Baldwin, remained quasi-independent. Like the other towns, it maintains its own municipal government, but its residents vote in the Jacksonville mayoral election and have representation on the Jacksonville city council. The population was 13,513 at the 2020 census, up from 12,655 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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2 towns share a border with Atlantic Beach.