Scores by category

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

Safety16#13,184/15,637
Economy6#14,748/15,631
Housing13#13,061/14,977
Health5#14,868/15,609
Healthcare8#14,469/15,650
Environment27#11,357/15,453
Education28#11,290/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,469/15,650
Community11#13,874/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#15,042/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low121 min
87/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHolmes County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Florida 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHolmes County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/100Florida 0.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHolmes County value
Social associations · high13.0 /10k
82/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHolmes County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.57%
82/100Florida 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · high30.5%
80/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHolmes County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low11.5%
1/100Florida 87.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHolmes County value
Rent-burdened households · high68.2%
2/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Average weekly wage · low$844
2/100Florida $1,399United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHolmes County value
Flu vaccinations · low26.0%
3/100Florida 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHolmes County value
Frequent mental distress · high22.6%
3/100Florida 18.7%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · high29.2 /100k
4/100Florida 15.6 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataHolmes County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
55.3% (2015-2019) → 68.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
23.3% (2015-2019) → 11.5% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
32.7% (2015-2019) → 44.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
20.8 min (2015-2019) → 31.3 min (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Unemployment rateImproving
14.1% (2015-2019) → 4.4% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
34.2% (2015-2019) → 26.4% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Bonifay, Florida improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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

Uninsured−12 points23.3% → 11.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Bonifay, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.8 min2015-2019	31.3 min2020-2024	+10.5 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	81.0%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Child poverty rate	34.2%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Effective property tax rate	0.67%2015-2019	0.57%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
High school diploma or higher	81.8%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4572020-2024	+0.029	Within the margin of error	27%
Median household income	$36,7052015-2019	$40,8962020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	28.1%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−6 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.7%2015-2019	44.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Rent-burdened households	55.3%2015-2019	68.2%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.3%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	98%

“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 Bonifay, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bonifay, 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, Bonifay, Florida itself moved −13.1 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

2,797 residents (±20)

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 men (−6.3 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

2,797 residents (±20)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

White72%2,009
Black12%†339
Hispanic or Latino2.7%†76
Asian0.5%†14
American Indian and Alaska Native1.4%†38
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races11%†321

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−10.6 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,033 residents (±129)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma11%†215
High school or GED48%978
Some college22%†446
Associate degree6.1%†125
Bachelor's degree8.3%†169
Graduate degree4.9%†100

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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

1,186 households (±156)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k37%†444
$25k–50k26%†305
$50k–75k20%†237
$75k–100k7.7%†91
$100k–150k7.0%†83
$150k–200k1.6%†19
$200k or more0.6%†7

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

1,186 households (±156)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

Own54%645
Rent46%541

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

525 households (±132)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

Under $75033%†172
$750–1,00038%†200
$1,000–1,50025%†129

Home values

645 homes (±123)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k55%†353
$150k–250k35%†224
$250k–400k9.1%†59

Age of homes

1,464 homes (±182)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later4.9%†71
2000–20092.9%†43
1980–199938%560

Size of homes

1,464 homes (±182)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

Studio2.5%†36
1 bedroom7.4%†108
2 bedrooms29%†423

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

869 workers (±160)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone91%793
Carpool3.2%†28
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.1%†27
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.4%†21
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

848 workers (±162)

Bonifay, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min15%†124
15–29 min37%†315
30–44 min6.6%†56

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 Holmes County, the county holding most of Bonifay's residents.

Holmes County has 300 employer establishments, 150 for every 10,000 residents (0.61× the US rate of 248; 0.53× Florida's), with 2,142 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,832. The Census Bureau also counts 1,385 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 300; 1,385 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 150; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 2,142
Average annual pay: $37,832; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	37	18.6	1.20×About typical	171	$37,947	166
Religious organizations	26	13	2.35×More than typical	78	$19,231	—
Construction of buildings	19	9.5	1.26×More than typical	47	$32,319	84
Building equipment contractors	15	7.5	1.25×About typical	90	$38,422	18
Restaurants and other eating places	15	7.5	0.41×Fewer than typical	253	$20,557	5
Gasoline stations	13	6.5	2.01×More than typical	104	$26,135	—
Ambulatory health care services	11	5.5	0.26×Fewer than typical	75	$42,293	41
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	11	5.5	1.75×More than typical	37	$36,541	33
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	4.5	0.90×Too few to compare	32	$30,625	34
General merchandise stores	9	4.5	2.55×Too few to compare	60	$22,967	9
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	8	4	1.21×Too few to compare	65	$44,031	8
Full-service restaurants	7	3.5	0.46×Too few to compare	105	$23,533	—

Rank places for an industry Open Holmes County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,941 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 $27.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bonifay, Florida: $9.84 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $27.5K
Per resident: $9.84; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.5%; 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 Veterans Affairs$24.8K90%
National Park Service$1,3284.8%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$7272.6%
Department of State$6642.4%

Top recipients

2H&V CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC$24.8K90%
CAMPBELL CANNON & CARRIAGE WORKS INC$1,3284.8%
BIF NEW YORK INC$7272.6%
VANTAGE FEDERAL GROUP LLC$6642.4%

Spending by fiscal year

7.1KFY2017
56KFY2019
2.7KFY2020
1.6KFY2021
2.7KFY2022
3.7KFY2023
27.5KFY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$24.8K90%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1,3284.8%
Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing · 3371$7272.6%
Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills · 3133$6642.4%

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

Bonifay, Florida's figures are part of those of Holmes County, FL ($1.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Holmes 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.

Bonifay, 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.

Holmes County4100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Holmes 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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