Census-designated place · Clay County, Florida

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is a census-designated place in Clay County, Florida, part of the Jacksonville, FL metro area. It has 14,755 residents. Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 27 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,469 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #575 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on math scores (high), reading scores (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), drought exposure (high) and uninsured residents (under 65) (high).

27Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,469 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #575 of 780 in FL
Population: 14,755 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 3,596.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 1205025

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety46#8,389/15,637
Economy46#8,411/15,631
Housing12#13,228/14,977
Health35#10,148/15,609
Healthcare22#12,155/15,650
Environment50#7,776/15,453
Education62#5,985/15,649
Infrastructure36#10,075/15,650
Community37#9,902/15,651
Leisure & amenities17#12,953/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clay 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

Math scores · high3.46
95/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value
Reading scores · high3.38
93/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value
Comfortable days · high33.8%
92/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationClay County value
Voter turnout · high76.1%
89/100Florida 68.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionClay County value
Child care cost burden · low22.5%
86/100Florida 25.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Florida 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high61.8%
3/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · high89%
7/100Florida 78%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAClay County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.6%
7/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Rent as share of income · high35.4%
7/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClay County value
Flu vaccinations · low31.0%
10/100Florida 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
29.1% (2015-2019) → 20.3% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 3.8× (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
53.1% (2015-2019) → 61.7% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,211 (2015-2019) → $59,388 (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
6.7% (2015-2019) → 1.9% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
87.2% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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

Household income+26%$47,211 → $59,388

Declined1

Price / income+1.2×2.6× → 3.8×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.9 min2015-2019	25.8 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%2015-2019	17.7%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Broadband subscriptions	87.2%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Child poverty rate	29.1%2015-2019	20.3%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Effective property tax rate	0.78%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.3842020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$47,2112015-2019	$59,3882020-2024	+26%	Improved	46%
Poverty rate	17.6%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent as share of income	31.5%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent-burdened households	53.1%2015-2019	61.7%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.4%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	24%

“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 Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, 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, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida itself moved −5.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

14,755 residents (±978)

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: 20–29 women (−3.9 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

14,755 residents (±978)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

White56%8,303
Black16%2,376
Hispanic or Latino18%2,649

Education

10,804 residents (±935)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma8.9%†964
High school or GED33%3,604
Some college28%2,993

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

6,181 households (±479)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k18%†1,124
$25k–50k26%1,579
$50k–75k18%†1,131
$75k–100k16%†981
$100k–150k17%1,064
$150k–200k3.7%†227
$200k or more1.2%†75

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+7.5 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 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

6,181 households (±479)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

Own45%2,776
Rent55%3,405

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

3,343 households (±351)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

Under $7500.1%†4
$750–1,0006.9%†229
$1,000–1,50049%1,647

Home values

2,776 homes (±390)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k15%†419
$150k–250k54%1,499
$250k–400k29%795

Age of homes

6,487 homes (±480)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later3.3%†215
2000–20098.0%†518
1980–199932%2,070

Size of homes

6,487 homes (±480)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

Studio2.1%†137
1 bedroom16%†1,049
2 bedrooms31%2,026

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

7,863 workers (±704)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone80%6,256
Carpool6.5%†514
Public transit0.4%†29
Walk1.0%†77
Bike0.3%†27
Work from home10%†803
Other2.0%†157

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.7 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

7,060 workers (±692)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min23%1,602
15–29 min41%2,875
30–44 min25%1,774

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Jacksonville, FL

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 Clay County, the county holding most of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace's residents.

Clay County has 4,455 employer establishments, 191 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Florida's), with 48,303 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,769. The Census Bureau also counts 20,041 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,455; 20,041 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 191; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 48,303
Average annual pay: $45,769; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	493	21.1	1.37×More than typical	3,089	$52,035	1,240
Ambulatory health care services	489	21	1.01×About typical	4,624	$76,546	909
Restaurants and other eating places	303	13	0.71×Fewer than typical	6,271	$22,245	74
Lessors of real estate	264	11.3	0.92×About typical	513	$49,366	1,743
Offices of physicians	193	8.3	1.28×More than typical	1,814	$104,594	156
Services to buildings and dwellings	185	7.9	1.18×About typical	1,136	$33,176	1,459
Real estate agents and brokers	149	6.4	1.31×More than typical	209	$48,364	781
Building equipment contractors	145	6.2	1.03×About typical	833	$53,389	176
Construction of buildings	145	6.2	0.82×About typical	564	$51,730	555
Limited-service restaurants	143	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	2,960	$19,995	24
Offices of other health practitioners	135	5.8	0.95×About typical	798	$51,424	359
Building finishing contractors	132	5.7	1.49×More than typical	463	$49,987	481

Rank places for an industry Open Clay County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 233,262 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 $395.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida: $26.80 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $395.4K; −91% vs FY2025
Per resident: $26.80; US $2,007
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

AVIATION DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, L.L.C.$430K100%
VISION MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$67.5K17%
ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE INC.$3,9191.0%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$00.0%
BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

636.1KFY2017
3MFY2018
2.2MFY2019
4.7MFY2020
6.1MFY2021
3.7MFY2022
3.8MFY2023
3.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$432.3K100%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$53.9K14%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$8,2452.1%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$3,9191.0%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$1,6620.4%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$1,403

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida's figures are part of those of Clay County, FL ($10.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 3.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is mostly in Clay County.

See federal money in Clay 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.

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Aaron BeanR-FL-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

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.

Clay County65100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Jacksonville, FL55

Other cities and towns in Clay 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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