A town of 25,720, settled in 1828. Home to 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Key West does most differently from other towns.
1861 · Fort Taylor17 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 20 places on the National Register.
1938
Fishermen
Photo · Library of Congress. A different picture from Key West’s archive appears here every day.
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Ordered by what stands out in Key West. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Key West home is worth about $1,007,000, down 0.7% in a year, 168% above the Florida typical home.
65% of Key West’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Stock Island (2%), Miami (1%) and Marathon (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.
13 miles of trails across 19 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park | 0.8 mi | 55 |
| 2. Harvey Rest Beach Park | 0.5 mi | 20 |
| 3. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | 0.4 mi | 818 |
The public schools Key West’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace O'Bryant School | PK–8 | 1,011 | B− |
| Gerald Adams Elementary School | PK–5 | 674 | B− |
| Poinciana Elementary School | PK–5 | 556 | B+ |
| Sigsbee Charter School | K–8 | 531 | A− |
| May Sands Montessori School | PK–8 | 90 | B− |
| Monroe Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided) | K–5 | — | Not graded |
Key West beats the Florida average on 8 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Key West | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.1% | 12.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13% | 15.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.9% | 14.6% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 95% of U.S. communities.
Key West has warm winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 90°, a January night drops to 65°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Key West's reported crime rate is well above Florida's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 87 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
Coastal flooding makes up 15% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
20 places in Key West on the National Register of Historic Places.
Island and city in Florida, United States
Key West (Spanish: Cayo Hueso [kaʝo ˈweso]) is a coral cay island in the Straits of Florida, at the southernmost end of the U.S. state of Florida and its outlying Florida Keys archipelago. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West. For thousands of years, Key West and the surrounding islands were inhabited by various Native American tribes. The island's first recorded European contact occurred in 1513, when an expedition led by Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León circumnavigated the Florida Keys amid his voyage along the coast of Florida, though no permanent sett…
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One town shares a border with Key West.
