City · Flagler County, Florida

Bunnell, Florida

Bunnell is a city in Flagler County, Florida, part of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area. It has 3,682 residents. Bunnell, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,083 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #491 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), math scores (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), rent as share of income (high) and social associations (low).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,083 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #491 of 780 in FL
Population: 3,682 (2020-2024)
Land area: 136 mi²
Density: 27.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1209550

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety78#3,490/15,637
Economy29#11,129/15,631
Housing14#12,819/14,977
Health57#6,641/15,609
Healthcare24#11,825/15,650
Environment69#4,831/15,453
Education51#7,722/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,400/15,650
Community29#11,036/15,651
Leisure & amenities33#10,469/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

New homes permitted · high33.4 /1k
98/100Florida 7.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Math scores · high3.48
95/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFlagler County value
Comfortable days · high35.2%
95/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFlagler County value
Voter turnout · high79.0%
94/100Florida 68.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionFlagler County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100Florida 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFlagler County value
Reading scores · high3.38
93/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFlagler County value

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high72.9%
2/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high34.1%
9/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Social associations · low5.8 /10k
10/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFlagler County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
10/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFlagler County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high16.7%
13/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Mental health providers · low96 /100k
14/100Florida 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFlagler County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,737 (2015-2019) → 3,682 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
48.7% (2015-2019) → 88.4% (2020-2024)
+40 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
55.2% (2015-2019) → 72.9% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$31,875 (2015-2019) → $55,130 (2020-2024)
+73%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
27.2% (2015-2019) → 16.7% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateWorsening
30.5% (2015-2019) → 38.7% (2020-2024)
+8.3 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, Bunnell, Florida improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved2

Broadband+40 points48.7% → 88.4%
Household income+73%$31,875 → $55,130

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Bunnell, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.5 min2015-2019	19.5 min2020-2024	−4.0 min	Within the margin of error	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Broadband subscriptions	48.7%2015-2019	88.4%2020-2024	+40 points	Improved	100%
Child poverty rate	30.5%2015-2019	38.7%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Effective property tax rate	0.70%2015-2019	0.92%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+1.2×	Within the margin of error	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4972015-2019	0.4312020-2024	−0.066	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$31,8752015-2019	$55,1302020-2024	+73%	Improved	95%
Poverty rate	20.1%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent as share of income	32.1%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent-burdened households	55.2%2015-2019	72.9%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	27.2%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	97%

“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 Bunnell, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bunnell, 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, Bunnell, Florida itself moved +4.1 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

3,682 residents (±27)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

1,549 households (±193)

Bunnell, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k29%†455
$25k–50k18%†277
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,549 households (±193)

Bunnell, Florida
Florida share

Own52%807
Rent48%742

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,279 workers (±283)

Bunnell, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone71%†911
Carpool4.8%†61
Public transit

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 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, 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 Flagler County, the county holding most of Bunnell's residents.

Flagler County has 2,698 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.73× Florida's), with 22,871 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,544. The Census Bureau also counts 15,113 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,698; 15,113 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 22,871
Average annual pay: $43,544; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	291	22.1	1.43×More than typical	1,536	$43,185	966
Ambulatory health care services	226	17.1	0.82×About typical	2,052	$73,272	806
Lessors of real estate	225	17.1	1.39×More than typical	533	$53,779	1,643
Restaurants and other eating places	177	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	3,627	$22,733	64
Services to buildings and dwellings	147	11.1	1.65×More than typical	674	$36,567	1,159
Real estate agents and brokers	138	10.5	2.15×More than typical	219	$55,132	728
Construction of buildings	112	8.5	1.12×About typical	255	$43,647	496
Building finishing contractors	109	8.3	2.17×More than typical	283	$36,170	346
Offices of other health practitioners	85	6.4	1.06×About typical	428	$46,437	312
Full-service restaurants	83	6.3	0.82×About typical	2,134	$24,485	29
Building equipment contractors	74	5.6	0.93×About typical	549	$47,865	147
Limited-service restaurants	74	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,313	$20,370	23

Rank places for an industry Open Flagler County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 131,843 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 $316 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bunnell, Florida: $0.09 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $316; −99% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.09; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$316100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

45.7KFY2017
107KFY2018
17.9KFY2019
3.4KFY2020
9.2KFY2021
13.8KFY2022
36.1KFY2023
83.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$316100%

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

Bunnell, Florida's figures are part of those of Flagler County, FL ($315.2K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Flagler 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.

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

House

Randy FineR-FL-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.6%

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.

Flagler County66100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL51

Other cities and towns in Flagler 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
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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