Okaloosa County, Florida

Okaloosa County has a population of 216,599 and has grown 4.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $351,200, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $81,998.

Home price
$351,200
Income
$81,998
Population
216,599
Unemployment
3.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$351,200county
Median gross rent$1,612county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198030.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant17.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,995county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,785county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,581county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,448county
Home insurance / yr$7,136(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$81,998county
Family health premium / yr$24,807(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,021(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.878(statewide)
Poverty rate9.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.7%county
Unemployment rate3.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.2%county
Share of workers employed by government20.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry18.6%county
Economic output per resident$87,734county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.57%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1164880county
Miles to nearest general aviation field12 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station88 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.6%county
Traffic deaths18.5county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher34.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.3%county
Public schools in the county45county
Public school enrollment31466county
Students per full-time teacher18.7county
Free lunch eligible50.2%county
Elementary schools22county
Middle schools8county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public200.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution5.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians70county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county4county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.8%county
Frequent mental distress17.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population216,599county
Land area in square miles930county
People per square mile of land233.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores29county
Convenience stores20county
Share living far from a food store30.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract8.8%county
Population change since 2020+4.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age37.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.6%county
Share of households that are one person26.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.2%county
Second languages12.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents105county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in9,771county
Households that moved away9,872county
Average income of arriving households$72,311county
Average income of departing households$67,714county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes10county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,057county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings6.6%county
Violent crime rate267(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature68.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation52.5 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.73 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F82 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing21 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days259 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 6county
Average first fall frostNov 19county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$158county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.5¢county
Household electricity use1,170 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$27.11(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity73.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas23.8%county
Homes heated by propane1.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband93.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk80.4county
Coastal flood risk62.6county
Drought risk20.9county
Landslide risk45.2county
Hail risk28.9county
Earthquake risk62.3county
Tornado risk94.2county
Tropical cyclone risk98.1county
Extreme heat risk88.8county
Winter weather risk46.9county
Strong wind risk73.2county
Wildfire risk75.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Okaloosa County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Florida figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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