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1610of 3,144

Clay, Florida

Score 6.26 / 10· population 232,439

Clay County is southwest of Jacksonville along the St. Johns River, with Orange Park, Fleming Island, Oakleaf, Middleburg and Green Cove Springs among its communities. Nearly half of its workers, 46.9%, commute to jobs outside the county, against 17.0% statewide, and the average trip takes 31.3 minutes. From 2019 to 2023, 20% of the county's children lived in a household headed by a single parent, against 27% across Florida.

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  • Clay County is southwest of Jacksonville along the St. Johns River. exploreclay.com
  • Clay County's communities include Orange Park, Green Cove Springs, Penney Farms, Keystone Heights, Middleburg, Fleming Island and Oakleaf. exploreclay.com
  • 46.9% of Clay County workers aged 16 and over worked outside their county of residence, against 17.0% for Florida. edr.state.fl.us
  • Mean travel time to work is 31.3 minutes in Clay County (Florida 28.0). edr.state.fl.us
  • Children in single-parent households, 2025 County Health Rankings release: Clay County 0.2002 (10,268 of 51,282 children), about 20%. countyhealthrankings.org
  • Children in single-parent households, 2025 County Health Rankings release: Florida 0.2744 (1,179,108 of 4,296,971 children), about 27%. countyhealthrankings.org
  • The measure is the percentage of children that live in a household headed by a single parent; the 2025 release used American Community Survey five-year data from 2019-2023. 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 President7.0
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax6.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.4
  2. Life expectancy5.7
  3. Government employees7.2
  4. Single-parent households6.2

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