Living in Big Pine Key, Florida

Small place: Census estimates for places under 5,000 people have wide margins of error. Treat these figures as rough.

Unincorporated: there's no city government; Monroe County provides roads, zoning and law enforcement.

Nearest 24-hour emergency room

Fishermen's Community Hospital, in Marathon, about 21 miles away (a small rural Critical Access Hospital).²

Straight-line distance from the town's center; driving is longer. Freestanding ERs and urgent care aren't counted.

Life in the Florida Keys

A 113-mile string of islands tied together by one highway, from Key Largo to Key West.⁴

Hazards: Hurricanes, with nowhere to go but north on U.S. 1. Irma came ashore at Cudjoe Key on September 10, 2017, as a Category 4 with 130 mph winds; 27,649 homes in Monroe County were damaged and 1,179 destroyed. Leave early when officials order an evacuation; traffic on the single road builds fast.^5,6,7,8

Visitor information

Monroe County's official tourism office: The Florida Keys & Key West.⁹ Ask about local events, things to do and a free visitor guide, if they offer one.

Read the free Florida Keys preview, including the region's state-certified visitor centers.

Other places in Monroe County

• Key West · 25,720 people · home value $852,400
• Key Largo · 13,026 people · home value $643,900
• Marathon · 9,914 people · home value $725,800
• Islamorada, Village of Islands · 7,068 people · home value $919,600
• Stock Island · 4,162 people · home value $517,500
• Big Coppitt Key · 3,109 people · home value $534,500
• Cudjoe Key · 2,492 people · home value $857,400
• Tavernier · 2,413 people · home value $613,700
• North Key Largo · 1,808 people · home value $2,000,001

"Median" means half are above and half below. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Big Pine Key as a Census-defined place; the area a mailing address calls Big Pine Key can be larger.