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1821of 3,144

Bradford, Florida

Score 6.14 / 10· population 27,858

Starke is the seat of Bradford County, a rural Northeast Florida county with three smaller towns and an annual Strawberry Festival. From 2020 to 2024, half of its working residents held jobs in another county, and the average commute took 32.4 minutes. Over 2019 to 2023, 32% of the county's children lived in single-parent households, against 27% statewide.

Sources
  • Bradford County is a rural community in Northeast Florida; Starke is the county seat bradfordcountyfl.gov
  • Bradford County's other municipalities are Lawtey, Hampton and Brooker bradfordcountyfl.gov
  • Bradford County holds an annual Strawberry Festival bradfordcountyfloridatourism.com
  • ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024), table B08007: of 10,561 Bradford County workers aged 16 and over, 5,337 worked in Florida outside their county of residence and 20 outside Florida, 5,357 in all (50.7%) api.censusreporter.org
  • Mean travel time to work in Bradford County is 32.4 minutes (ACS 2024 5-year) censusreporter.org
  • County Health Rankings 2025 data: 32% of Bradford County children live in single-parent households (1,842 of 5,712); Florida 27% countyhealthrankings.org
  • In County Health Rankings 2025, children in single-parent households covers 2019-2023 (ACS five-year estimates) countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.9
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax7.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.9
  2. Life expectancy4.4
  3. Government employees5.8
  4. Single-parent households1.6

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