Destin, Florida

Destin population, 2020 to 2024

Destin added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -290. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 205th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Destin is 64% of it.

Destin covers 7.50 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,865 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Destin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Destin is in

All of Destin's residents live in Okaloosa County, which had 220,483 residents in 2024. Destin holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Destin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Destin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32541. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Destin is

The Census internal point of Destin is at 30.404400, -86.471400. Tallahassee, the capital, is 130.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Niceville, FL (17,919 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 99.1 miles away.

Daylight in Destin

At 30.40° N, Destin gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Destin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Valparaiso, 6.4 miles away, with 4,852 people.