Scores by category

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

Safety40#9,399/15,637
Economy14#13,502/15,631
Housing8#13,842/14,977
Health32#10,562/15,609
Healthcare2#15,286/15,650
Environment46#8,336/15,453
Education12#13,814/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,610/15,650
Community69#4,796/15,651
Leisure & amenities81#3,001/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Carrabelle, 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
Depression · low16.2%
96/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
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

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
Bachelor's degree or higher · low7.2%
3/100Florida 34.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Average weekly wage · low$882
4/100Florida $1,399United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Rent-burdened households · high43.3%
5/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Florida 6.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFranklin County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,646 (2015-2019) → 2,438 (2020-2024)
−7.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
10.3% (2015-2019) → 43.3% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
52.5% (2015-2019) → 37.8% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 4.4× (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
20.5% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
28.9% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
−7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Carrabelle, Florida improved on 0 of 11 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Carrabelle, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.3 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	37%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	75.3%2015-2019	69.2%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.49%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	73.1%2015-2019	68.5%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+1.4×	Within the margin of error	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4892015-2019	0.4522020-2024	−0.037	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$38,1942015-2019	$49,7922020-2024	+30%	Within the margin of error	56%
Poverty rate	28.9%2015-2019	21.6%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.6%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	26%

“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 Carrabelle, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Carrabelle, 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, Carrabelle, Florida itself moved −7.5 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

2,438 residents (±16)

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: 30–39 men (+14.1 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

2,438 residents (±16)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

White51%1,241
Black29%700
Hispanic or Latino13%†307

Education

2,061 residents (±84)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma32%650
High school or GED45%923
Some college13%†261

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

389 households (±63)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k29%†114
$25k–50k21%†82
$50k–75k19%†72
$75k–100k7.5%†29
$100k–150k14%†55
$150k–200k5.1%†20
$200k or more4.4%†17

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+4.3 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 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

389 households (±63)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

Own67%262
Rent33%†127

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

90 households (±43)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

Under $75016%†14
$750–1,00048%†43
$1,000–1,50026%†23

Home values

262 homes (±57)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k37%†96
$150k–250k26%†69
$250k–400k17%†45

Age of homes

765 homes (±91)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later8.2%†63
2000–200924%†187
1980–199935%†266

Size of homes

765 homes (±91)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

Studio0.9%†7
1 bedroom7.6%†58
2 bedrooms42%318

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

337 workers (±67)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone71%239
Carpool20%†67
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.2%†4
Bike2.7%†9
Work from home5.3%†18
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

319 workers (±68)

Carrabelle, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min34%†107
15–29 min27%†85
30–44 min30%†95

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 Carrabelle'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 $654 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Carrabelle, Florida: $0.27 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $654
Per resident: $0.27; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; 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. Fish and Wildlife Service$654100%

Top recipients

MS DOCKSIDE MARINA LLC$654100%

Spending by fiscal year

8.7KFY2017
284.7FY2018
2.4KFY2019
185KFY2020
241.4KFY2021
314FY2022
171.7KFY2023
394.3FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other amusement and recreation industries · 7139$654100%

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

Carrabelle, Florida's figures are part of those of Franklin County, FL ($911.8K 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: Carrabelle 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.

Carrabelle, 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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