Town · Jackson County, Florida

Malone, Florida

Malone is a town in Jackson County, Florida. It has 1,998 residents. Malone, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,098 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #761 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on depression (low), effective property tax rate (low) and math scores (high). It ranks worst on hospital quality rating (low), bachelor's degree or higher (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,098 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #761 of 780 in FL
Population: 1,998 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 655.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1242650

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.

Safety19#12,627/15,637
Economy19#12,585/15,631
Housing31#10,406/14,977
Health16#13,141/15,609
Healthcare6#14,656/15,650
Environment18#12,598/15,453
Education36#10,086/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,092/15,650
Community10#14,152/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,889/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Depression · low15.4%
97/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Effective property tax rate · low0.45%
91/100Florida 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Math scores · high3.41
91/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJackson County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
88/100Florida 4.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.338
86/100Florida 0.485United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Florida 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJackson County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Florida 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJackson County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low5.4%
2/100Florida 34.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Access to exercise opportunities · low25.3%
2/100Florida 87.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJackson County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.0 /10k
3/100Florida 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJackson County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high168 mi
4/100Florida 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJackson County value
Rent-burdened households · high48.6%
4/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
69.2% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
−48 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
47.4% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
−31 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.8% (2015-2019) → 86.0% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.2% (2015-2019) → 48.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioImproving
2.8× (2015-2019) → 1.8× (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.5% (2015-2019) → 24.7% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Malone, Florida improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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

Poverty−31 points47.4% → 16.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Malone, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	68.8%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	85%
High school diploma or higher	66.6%2015-2019	69.7%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.9×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4042015-2019	0.3382020-2024	−0.066	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$34,8332015-2019	$45,0002020-2024	+29%	Within the margin of error	53%
Poverty rate	47.4%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−31 points	Improved	100%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.0%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Malone, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Malone, 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, Malone, Florida itself moved +13.7 points in standing on average over the same 6 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

1,998 residents (±295)

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

358 households (±116)

Malone, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k16%†59
$25k–50k38%†135
$50k–75k15%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

358 households (±116)

Malone, Florida
Florida share

Own78%†281
Rent22%†77

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+26.7 points).

† 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

298 workers (±163)

Malone, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone85%†253
Carpool2.3%†7
Public transit

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 Jackson County, the county holding most of Malone's residents.

Jackson County has 799 employer establishments, 164 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.58× Florida's), with 9,841 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,286. The Census Bureau also counts 3,269 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 799; 3,269 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 164; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 9,841
Average annual pay: $41,286; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	60	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	836	$20,256	14
Ambulatory health care services	55	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	481	$56,484	191
Religious organizations	50	10.3	1.85×More than typical	311	$20,260	—
Specialty trade contractors	43	8.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	404	$51,334	243
Gasoline stations	36	7.4	2.28×More than typical	348	$37,046	—
Full-service restaurants	31	6.4	0.83×About typical	374	$22,840	—
Lessors of real estate	28	5.7	0.47×Fewer than typical	153	$43,732	201
Limited-service restaurants	26	5.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	442	$18,636	8
General merchandise stores	24	4.9	2.79×More than typical	477	$29,623	9
Services to buildings and dwellings	22	4.5	0.67×Fewer than typical	61	$31,918	401
Truck transportation	22	4.5	0.89×About typical	410	$58,620	89
Building equipment contractors	19	3.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	225	$61,671	29

Rank places for an industry Open Jackson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 48,737 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Jackson 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.

Malone, 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.

Jackson County7100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Jackson 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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