Rank

1685of 3,144

Osceola, Florida

Score 6.21 / 10· population 437,784

Osceola County lies south of Orlando, and beyond its two cities, St. Cloud and the county seat of Kissimmee, much of the land is woods, prairie, marsh and lakes that feed Lake Okeechobee. Hurricane Ian's 10 to 20 inches of rain across central Florida in 2022 flooded Shingle Creek, and the storm damaged an estimated 4,100 structures in the county. In 2020-2024 Census estimates, retail trade employs the most residents and the average commute is 35.2 minutes.

Sources
  • Osceola County is in Central Florida, south of Orlando; its two cities are Kissimmee and St. Cloud; much of the rest is woods, prairie, marsh and water, with the Kissimmee River connecting the lakes and wetlands osceola.org
  • Kissimmee is the county seat osceola.org
  • The Kissimmee Basin stretches from south of the Orlando area to Lake Okeechobee, includes more than two dozen lakes in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, and forms the headwaters of Lake Okeechobee sfwmd.gov
  • In central and eastern Florida, Hurricane Ian's 10 to 20 inches of rain caused major floods along Shingle Creek and other waters affecting Osceola County; Ian damaged an estimated 4,100 structures in Osceola County (2022) nhc.noaa.gov
  • Largest industries by resident employment: Retail Trade (28,826 people), Accommodation & Food Services (22,866), Health Care & Social Assistance (22,843); average commute time 35.2 minutes (Data USA labels the industry figures '2024') datausa.io
  • ACS 2024 5-year release (years 2020-2024), Osceola County: retail trade employs 28,826 residents (matching Data USA); aggregate travel time to work 6,339,960 minutes for 179,991 workers who did not work at home, a mean of 35.2 minutes api.censusreporter.org

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

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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 President5.1
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax6.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.9
  2. Life expectancy8.2
  3. Government employees7.7
  4. Single-parent households3.9

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