Scores by category

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

Safety3#15,133/15,637
Economy9#14,285/15,631
Housing22#11,651/14,977
Health11#13,840/15,609
Healthcare5#14,802/15,650
Environment36#9,861/15,453
Education48#8,140/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,738/15,650
Community10#14,129/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,326/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Blountstown, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Calhoun 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

Public libraries · high4.5 /10k
99/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCalhoun County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Florida 15.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Reading scores · high3.31
89/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalhoun County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.50%
87/100Florida 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · high32.0%
87/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCalhoun County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low122 min
86/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCalhoun County value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-11.8%
0/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Flu vaccinations · low15.0%
0/100Florida 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalhoun County value
Traffic deaths · high52.0 /100k
1/100Florida 15.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.0 /10k
2/100Florida 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalhoun County value
Rent-burdened households · high75.3%
2/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Food environment index · low5.6
2/100Florida 7.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalhoun County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,827 (2015-2019) → 3,136 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
61.6% (2015-2019) → 87.1% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
36.0% (2015-2019) → 20.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$29,706 (2015-2019) → $51,762 (2020-2024)
+74%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
13.0% (2015-2019) → 23.0% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
32.9% (2015-2019) → 37.5% (2020-2024)
+4.6 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, Blountstown, Florida improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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.

Improved2

Household income+74%$29,706 → $51,762
Broadband+25 points61.6% → 87.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Blountstown, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.2 min2015-2019	24.1 min2020-2024	−2.1 min	Within the margin of error	71%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Broadband subscriptions	61.6%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	96%
Child poverty rate	36.0%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5942015-2019	0.4912020-2024	−0.103	Within the margin of error	96%
Median household income	$29,7062015-2019	$51,7622020-2024	+74%	Improved	95%
Poverty rate	21.4%2015-2019	21.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.9%2015-2019	37.5%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	71.0%2015-2019	75.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.0%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	3%

“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 Blountstown, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Blountstown, 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, Blountstown, Florida itself moved +7.9 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

3,136 residents (±499)

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: 40–49 men (+9.6 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,136 residents (±499)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

White59%1,840
Black24%762
Hispanic or Latino6.0%†188

Education

2,375 residents (±436)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma12%†292
High school or GED44%1,048
Some college21%†502

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

1,290 households (±226)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k30%†386
$25k–50k14%†185
$50k–75k21%†274
$75k–100k11%†138
$100k–150k13%†162
$150k–200k2.5%†32
$200k or more8.8%†113

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+8.5 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

1,290 households (±226)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

Own66%845
Rent34%445

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

415 households (±112)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

Under $75056%†231
$750–1,00013%†52
$1,000–1,50032%†132

Home values

845 homes (±223)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k44%†373
$150k–250k33%†276
$250k–400k8.0%†68

Age of homes

1,463 homes (±224)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later9.3%†136
2000–20095.2%†76
1980–199929%†427

Size of homes

1,463 homes (±224)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.7%†25
1 bedroom8.8%†129
2 bedrooms28%†407

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

1,272 workers (±449)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone87%†1,103
Carpool4.4%†56
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.8%†48
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.3%†55
Other0.8%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−22.2 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

1,217 workers (±451)

Blountstown, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min44%†533
15–29 min14%†174
30–44 min28%†343

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 Calhoun County, the county holding most of Blountstown's residents.

Calhoun County has 185 employer establishments, 137 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.49× Florida's), with 1,657 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,138. The Census Bureau also counts 863 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 185; 863 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 137; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 1,657
Average annual pay: $36,138; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	18	13.4	0.86×About typical	115	$42,948	92
Ambulatory health care services	15	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	112	$57,911	41
Restaurants and other eating places	12	8.9	0.49×Fewer than typical	218	$18,729	4
Religious organizations	11	8.2	1.47×More than typical	49	$22,102	—
Building equipment contractors	9	6.7	1.11×Too few to compare	43	$44,698	11
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	8	5.9	1.80×Too few to compare	40	$43,125	3
Truck transportation	7	5.2	1.03×Too few to compare	53	$53,226	17
Full-service restaurants	6	4.5	0.58×Too few to compare	78	$20,795	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	6	4.5	1.01×Too few to compare	25	$43,040	7
Banks and credit unions	5	3.7	1.15×Too few to compare	44	$49,273	—
Gasoline stations	5	3.7	1.15×Too few to compare	46	$32,000	—
General merchandise stores	5	3.7	2.10×Too few to compare	38	$25,342	—

Rank places for an industry Open Calhoun County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,462 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 $502 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Blountstown, Florida: $0.16 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $502
Per resident: $0.16; 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

U.S. Geological Survey$502100%

Top recipients

SCANDY.WHITE BOATS, INC.$502100%

Spending by fiscal year

8.2KFY2017
5KFY2018
460.2FY2019
84.3FY2020
-62FY2021
6KFY2022
7KFY2023
-0FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$502100%

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 Blountstown, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Blountstown, Florida's figures are part of those of Calhoun County, FL ($25K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Calhoun 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.

Blountstown, 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.

Calhoun County7100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Calhoun County

Largest first.

Altha457

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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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