Town · Dixie County, Florida

Cross City, Florida

Cross City is a town in Dixie County, Florida. It has 1,955 residents. Cross City, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 14 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,408 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #678 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), grocery stores (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), dentists (low) and mental health providers (low).

14Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,408 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #678 of 780 in FL
Population: 1,955 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,059.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1215575

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety77#3,665/15,637
Economy32#10,572/15,631
Housing29#10,691/14,977
Health8#14,419/15,609
Healthcare0#15,648/15,650
Environment56#6,847/15,453
Education34#10,368/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,857/15,650
Community11#13,960/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,648/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low181 /100k
99/100Florida 1,176 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDixie County value
Grocery stores · high3.9 /10k
98/100Florida 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDixie County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Florida 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDixie County value
Comfortable days · high33.8%
92/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDixie County value
Public libraries · high1.7 /10k
88/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDixie County value
Job growth · high1.9%
87/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataDixie County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high41.5 mi
0/100Florida 4.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDixie County value
Dentists · low6 /100k
0/100Florida 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDixie County value
Mental health providers · low17 /100k
1/100Florida 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDixie County value
Injury deaths · high162 /100k
2/100Florida 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDixie County value
Traffic deaths · high44.1 /100k
2/100Florida 15.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDixie County value
Natural hazard risk · high96.6
3/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencyDixie County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,430 (2015-2019) → 1,955 (2020-2024)
−20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
47.3% (2015-2019) → 84.1% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.7% (2015-2019) → 26.1% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.4% (2015-2019) → 1.6% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,138 (2015-2019) → $47,903 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Cross City, Florida improved on 1 of 12 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.

Improved1

Broadband+37 points47.3% → 84.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Cross City, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.1 min2015-2019	19.4 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	47.3%2015-2019	84.1%2020-2024	+37 points	Improved	99%
Effective property tax rate	0.75%2015-2019	0.60%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	48%
High school diploma or higher	77.8%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4252015-2019	0.4052020-2024	−0.020	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$37,1382015-2019	$47,9032020-2024	+29%	Within the margin of error	53%
Poverty rate	26.3%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.0%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%

“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 Cross City, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cross City, 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, Cross City, Florida itself moved +11.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,955 residents (±454)

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

878 households (±226)

Cross City, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k20%†178
$25k–50k33%†287
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

878 households (±226)

Cross City, Florida
Florida share

Own81%†708
Rent19%†170

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

844 workers (±242)

Cross City, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone86%†723
Carpool6.8%†57
Public transit0.0%

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 Dixie County, the county holding most of Cross City's residents.

Dixie County has 216 employer establishments, 123 for every 10,000 residents (0.50× the US rate of 248; 0.44× Florida's), with 1,809 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,583. The Census Bureau also counts 983 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 216; 983 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 123; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 1,809
Average annual pay: $38,583; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	19	10.9	0.59×Fewer than typical	214	$21,449	13
Specialty trade contractors	17	9.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	97	$37,361	94
Religious organizations	13	7.4	1.34×More than typical	28	$25,071	—
Gasoline stations	12	6.9	2.11×More than typical	71	$22,648	—
Limited-service restaurants	11	6.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	128	$19,531	4
Construction of buildings	8	4.6	0.60×Too few to compare	11	$59,364	55
Other specialty trade contractors	7	4	1.59×Too few to compare	53	$32,509	35
Full-service restaurants	6	3.4	0.45×Too few to compare	78	$22,449	6
Grocery and convenience stores	6	3.4	1.15×Too few to compare	82	$24,939	—
Truck transportation	6	3.4	0.68×Too few to compare	48	$56,104	46
Ambulatory health care services	5	2.9	0.14×Too few to compare	24	$45,083	48
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	2.9	0.57×Too few to compare	15	$27,133	16

Rank places for an industry Open Dixie County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,510 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 $350 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cross City, Florida: $0.18 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $350; −81% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.18; 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

Federal Emergency Management Agency$350100%

Top recipients

SONJA L REED$501100%
SHADY BANKS RESORT LLC-$1510.0%

Spending by fiscal year

9KFY2017
823.3FY2018
1.2KFY2019
3.6KFY2020
17.1KFY2021
12.9KFY2022
14.8KFY2023
5.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$350100%

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 Cross City, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Dixie 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.

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

House

Kat CammackR-FL-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

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.

Dixie County14100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Dixie County

Largest first.

Horseshoe Beach78

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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