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Seminole, Florida

Score 6.42 / 10· population 484,271

Seminole County's seven cities, Sanford and Oviedo among them, are in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area, and median household income was $85,403 in 2024. Life expectancy in 2020-2022 was 79.1 years, a year above Florida's, and 77% of adults aged 25 to 44 had some schooling past high school in 2019-2023, against 65% statewide. During Hurricane Ian in 2022 the St. Johns and Little Wekiva rivers flooded, and about 1,656 of the county's structures took damage.

Sources
  • Seminole County has seven cities: Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood, Oviedo, Sanford and Winter Springs. seminolecountyfl.gov
  • Seminole County is in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area (MSA). datausa.io
  • ACS 2024 1-year estimate (year 2024): median household income in Seminole County was $85,403. api.censusreporter.org
  • Life expectancy is 79.07 years in Seminole County and 78.07 years in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release). countyhealthrankings.org
  • Some College: 76.9% in Seminole County versus 65.0% in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release). countyhealthrankings.org
  • The Some College measure is the percentage of adults ages 25-44 with some post-secondary education. countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2025 release, Life Expectancy uses 2020-2022 data and Some College uses 2019-2023 ACS five-year estimates. countyhealthrankings.org
  • Hurricane Ian's 10-20 inches of rain caused major floods along the St. Johns River and the Little Wekiva River, among other waters, affecting Seminole, Orange, Lake, Putnam and Osceola Counties. nhc.noaa.gov
  • Ian damaged an estimated 1,656 structures in Seminole County. 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 President5.2
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.0
  2. Life expectancy9.5
  3. Government employees8.3
  4. Single-parent households5.1

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