Rank

1039of 3,144

Santa Rosa, Florida

Score 6.59 / 10· population 203,162

Santa Rosa County, which takes in Milton, Pace and Navarre Beach, had 78.8% of its children living in married-couple households in 2024, against 64.6% statewide. Veterans are 16.5% of civilian adults, more than twice the state share, and the median household income is $91,922. When Hurricane Sally hit Gulf Shores, Alabama, in September 2020, its surge rose 5 to 7 feet above ground on this coast, and wind and water damaged thousands of structures here and in Escambia County.

Sources
  • County planning areas include Pace, Milton, East Milton and Navarre Beach santarosa.fl.gov
  • 34,894 of 44,282 children under 18 in Santa Rosa County households (78.8%) live in married-couple households, against 2,896,071 of 4,481,783 (64.6%) in Florida (ACS 2024 1-year, table B09005) api.censusreporter.org
  • Veterans are 16.5% of the civilian population 18 and over in Santa Rosa County, against 7.4% in Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • Median household income is $91,922 in Santa Rosa County, against $74,568 in Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • Hurricane Sally made landfall at Gulf Shores (Alabama) in September 2020; maximum inundation was 5 to 7 ft above ground level along the coasts of Baldwin County, Alabama, and Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, Florida; thousands of structures were damaged in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties by wind and storm surge nhc.noaa.gov

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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 President7.6
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.6
  2. Life expectancy6.5
  3. Government employees7.9
  4. Single-parent households8.1

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