Rank

2192of 3,144

Highlands, Florida

Score 5.88 / 10· population 107,614

Highlands County is inland, in the center of Florida, and its county government is in Sebring. In 2024, government jobs made up 15.3% of employment in the county, against 11.3% statewide. As of July 2025, the school board had 1,879 employees, more than the 1,798 at AdventHealth, the largest private employer.

Sources
  • Highlands County is located in the center of the state and has an inland location highlandsbusiness.com
  • The county government's address is 600 South Commerce Ave., Sebring highlandsfl.gov
  • Government was 15.3% of average annual employment in Highlands County in 2024, against 11.3% in Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • Highlands County School Board had 1,879 employees as of July 2025, the largest figure on the county's top public employers list highlandsbusiness.com
  • AdventHealth, the top private employer, had 1,798 employees as of July 2025 highlandsbusiness.com

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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 tax6.6

Environment

  1. Air quality6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.2
  2. Life expectancy5.8
  3. Government employees2.2
  4. Single-parent households3.7

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