Census-designated place · Clay County, Florida

Fleming Island, Florida

Fleming Island is a census-designated place in Clay County, Florida, part of the Jacksonville, FL metro area. It has 29,766 residents. Fleming Island, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 55 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,119 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #268 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on math scores (high), reading scores (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), drought exposure (high) and public libraries (low).

55Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,119 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #268 of 780 in FL
Population: 29,766 (2020-2024)
Land area: 16 mi²
Density: 1,879.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 1222660

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety46#8,389/15,637
Economy89#1,750/15,631
Housing11#13,319/14,977
Health69#4,888/15,609
Healthcare39#9,551/15,650
Environment50#7,762/15,453
Education96#579/15,649
Infrastructure65#5,434/15,650
Community37#9,902/15,651
Leisure & amenities17#12,953/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Math scores · high3.46
95/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value
Reading scores · high3.38
93/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value
Comfortable days · high33.8%
92/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationClay County value
High school diploma or higher · high97.1%
91/100Florida 89.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poor or fair health · low12.4%
90/100Florida 19.6%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Voter turnout · high76.1%
89/100Florida 68.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionClay County value

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high51.3%
6/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · high88%
7/100Florida 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAClay County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClay County value
Flu vaccinations · low31.0%
10/100Florida 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClay County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
10/100Florida 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClay County value
Rent as share of income · high30.7%
11/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

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

Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 3.6× (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
44.4% (2015-2019) → 49.6% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.7% (2015-2019) → 9.7% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$94,154 (2015-2019) → $116,611 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
93.0% (2015-2019) → 97.7% (2020-2024)
+4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.1% (2015-2019) → 2.8% (2020-2024)
−3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Fleming Island, Florida improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 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

Bachelor's++5.2 points44.4% → 49.6%
Household income+24%$94,154 → $116,611

Declined1

Price / income+0.8×2.9× → 3.6×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Fleming Island, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.0 min2015-2019	30.0 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	48%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%2015-2019	49.6%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	69%
Broadband subscriptions	93.0%2015-2019	97.7%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Child poverty rate	4.7%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Effective property tax rate	1.12%2015-2019	0.84%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	72%
High school diploma or higher	97.3%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4032015-2019	0.3932020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$94,1542015-2019	$116,6112020-2024	+24%	Improved	41%
Poverty rate	3.8%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	48.6%2015-2019	51.3%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2015-2019	2.8%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.5%2015-2019	5.2%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%

“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 Fleming Island, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fleming Island, 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, Fleming Island, Florida itself moved +0 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

29,766 residents (±1,796)

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

11,470 households (±634)

Fleming Island, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k5.1%†590
$25k–50k7.0%†808
$50k–75k14%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

11,470 households (±634)

Fleming Island, Florida
Florida share

Own85%9,784
Rent15%1,686

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

14,104 workers (±1,271)

Fleming Island, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone67%9,423
Carpool7.0%†993
Public transit0.1%†10

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 Jacksonville, 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 Clay County, the county holding most of Fleming Island's residents.

Clay County has 4,455 employer establishments, 191 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Florida's), with 48,303 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,769. The Census Bureau also counts 20,041 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,455; 20,041 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 191; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 48,303
Average annual pay: $45,769; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	493	21.1	1.37×More than typical	3,089	$52,035	1,240
Ambulatory health care services	489	21	1.01×About typical	4,624	$76,546	909
Restaurants and other eating places	303	13	0.71×Fewer than typical	6,271	$22,245	74
Lessors of real estate	264	11.3	0.92×About typical	513	$49,366	1,743
Offices of physicians	193	8.3	1.28×More than typical	1,814	$104,594	156
Services to buildings and dwellings	185	7.9	1.18×About typical	1,136	$33,176	1,459
Real estate agents and brokers	149	6.4	1.31×More than typical	209	$48,364	781
Building equipment contractors	145	6.2	1.03×About typical	833	$53,389	176
Construction of buildings	145	6.2	0.82×About typical	564	$51,730	555
Limited-service restaurants	143	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	2,960	$19,995	24
Offices of other health practitioners	135	5.8	0.95×About typical	798	$51,424	359
Building finishing contractors	132	5.7	1.49×More than typical	463	$49,987	481

Rank places for an industry Open Clay County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 233,262 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 $914.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fleming Island, Florida: $30.73 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $914.8K; −83% vs FY2025
Per resident: $30.73; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; 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$757.3K83%
Forest Service$45K4.9%
Department of the Navy$40.5K4.4%
U.S. Special Operations Command$30.5K3.3%
U.S. Coast Guard$24.6K2.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$16.9K1.8%

Top recipients

AERO-HOSE CORP$797.9K87%
CITIZEN'S HIGH SCHOOL, INC.$45K4.9%
VXL ENTERPRISES LLC$30.5K3.3%
WILLIAMS SCOTSMAN INC$24.6K2.7%
HANGER PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS, INC.$16.9K1.8%

Spending by fiscal year

2.4MFY2017
2.1MFY2018
3MFY2019
2.4MFY2020
2.3MFY2021
2.2MFY2022
1.4MFY2023
1.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$743.3K81%
Rubber product manufacturing · 3262$57.2K6.2%
Elementary and secondary schools · 6111$45K4.9%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$30.5K3.3%
Lessors of real estate · 5311$24.6K2.7%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Fleming Island, Florida

8511903987!HOSE ASSEMBLY,NONME$314.1K
AERO-HOSE CORP· Clay County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 20, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026· SPE7M426P2025
8511654822!HOSE ASSEMBLY,NONME$204.4K
AERO-HOSE CORP· Clay County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 4, 2025 – Feb 2, 2026· SPE7M426P0101
8512020599!HOSE ASSEMBLY,NONME$147.9K
AERO-HOSE CORP· Clay County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· SPE7M426P2772
8512005627!HOSE ASSEMBLY,METAL$70.9K

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 Fleming Island, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Fleming Island, Florida's figures are part of those of Clay County, FL ($10.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 8.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Clay 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.

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

House

Aaron BeanR-FL-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

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.

Clay County65100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Jacksonville, FL55

Other cities and towns in Clay 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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