Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety40#9,399/15,637
Economy25#11,694/15,631
Housing5#14,191/14,977
Health40#9,439/15,609
Healthcare2#15,286/15,650
Environment46#8,336/15,453
Education41#9,158/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,104/15,650
Community69#4,796/15,651
Leisure & amenities81#3,001/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Apalachicola, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Franklin County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Restaurants and bars · high22.3 /10k
99/100Florida 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Comfortable days · high34.8%
94/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFranklin County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high9.2 /10k
94/100Florida 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Florida 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFranklin County value
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFranklin County value
Social associations · high14.3 /10k
88/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low16 /100k
3/100Florida 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high186 mi
3/100Florida 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauFranklin County value
Rent-burdened households · high60.7%
3/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Average weekly wage · low$882
4/100Florida $1,399United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Florida 6.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFranklin County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Florida 7.6United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFranklin County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.9% (2015-2019) → 60.7% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.3× (2015-2019) → 5.6× (2020-2024)
+67%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
22.7% (2015-2019) → 34.4% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.2% (2015-2019) → 88.2% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
24.4% (2015-2019) → 15.1% (2020-2024)
−9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.4% (2015-2019) → 35.1% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Apalachicola, Florida improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Bachelor's++12 points22.7% → 34.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Apalachicola, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	17.9 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	62%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%2015-2019	34.4%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	93%
Broadband subscriptions	78.2%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	78.3%2015-2019	84.3%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	5.6×2020-2024	+2.2×	Within the margin of error	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.5302020-2024	+0.081	Within the margin of error	7%
Median household income	$46,9792015-2019	$51,8752020-2024	+10%	Within the margin of error	17%
Poverty rate	17.6%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	40.9%2015-2019	60.7%2020-2024	+20 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	30.3%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	94%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Apalachicola, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Apalachicola, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Apalachicola, Florida itself moved −10 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,431 residents (±381)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+6.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,431 residents (±381)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

White65%1,576
Black24%572
Hispanic or Latino4.3%†104

Education

1,944 residents (±320)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma16%†305
High school or GED23%†456
Some college16%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,366 households (±219)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k30%†411
$25k–50k19%†266
$50k–75k16%†220
$75k–100k12%†159
$100k–150k13%†175
$150k–200k3.1%†42
$200k or more6.8%†93

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,366 households (±219)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

Own69%947
Rent31%†419

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

349 households (±157)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

Under $75040%†139
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50035%†122

Home values

947 homes (±197)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k11%†105
$150k–250k35%†329
$250k–400k13%†124

Age of homes

1,691 homes (±223)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later7.3%†124
2000–200912%†208
1980–199922%†368

Size of homes

1,691 homes (±223)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom10%†172
2 bedrooms34%†580

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

966 workers (±272)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone76%†737
Carpool13%†125
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike1.4%†14
Work from home7.9%†76
Other1.4%†14

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

890 workers (±267)

Apalachicola, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min46%†412
15–29 min28%†248
30–44 min20%†179

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Franklin County, the county holding most of Apalachicola's residents.

Franklin County has 324 employer establishments, 257 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Florida's), with 2,315 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,021. The Census Bureau also counts 1,409 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 324; 1,409 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 257; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 2,315
Average annual pay: $38,021; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Franklin County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	35	27.8	1.51×More than typical	436	$34,672	9
Lessors of real estate	23	18.2	1.48×More than typical	146	$31,877	204
Specialty trade contractors	23	18.2	1.18×About typical	129	$36,318	102
Full-service restaurants	21	16.7	2.17×More than typical	322	$38,003	4
Religious organizations	15	11.9	2.14×More than typical	48	$28,542	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	12	9.5	3.58×More than typical	55	$30,927	6
Construction of buildings	12	9.5	1.26×More than typical	23	$59,130	68
Other amusement and recreation industries	12	9.5	3.93×More than typical	55	$30,927	6
Building equipment contractors	10	7.9	1.32×More than typical	73	$37,164	13
Clothing and accessories stores	9	7.1	1.97×Too few to compare	49	$21,306	9
Ambulatory health care services	8	6.3	0.30×Too few to compare	39	$52,897	27
Grocery and convenience stores	8	6.3	2.14×Too few to compare	135	$26,704	—

Rank places for an industry Open Franklin County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,608 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $50.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Apalachicola, Florida: $20.71 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $50.3K; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $20.71; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$49.9K99%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$4690.9%

Top recipients

JACOBS GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMPANY$49.9K99%
SHIVER, HOPE$4690.9%

Spending by fiscal year

140KFY2017
537.3KFY2018
314.5KFY2019
441.4KFY2020
9KFY2021
426.9KFY2022
0FY2023
1.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$49.9K99%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$4690.9%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Apalachicola, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Apalachicola, Florida's figures are part of those of Franklin County, FL ($911.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 5.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Apalachicola is mostly in Franklin County.

See federal money in Franklin County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Apalachicola, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Neal P. DunnR-FL-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 18.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Franklin County37100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Franklin County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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