Town · Lafayette County, Florida

Mayo, Florida

Mayo is a town in Lafayette County, Florida. It has 1,147 residents. Mayo, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,259 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #670 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on math scores (high), social associations (high) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,259 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #670 of 780 in FL
Population: 1,147 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,275.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1243575

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 67 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.

Safety55#7,028/15,637
Economy16#13,130/15,631
Housing60#6,016/14,977
Health22#12,170/15,609
Healthcare0#15,600/15,650
Environment41#9,153/15,453
Education47#8,333/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,201/15,650
Community38#9,732/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,557/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mayo, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lafayette 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 · high3.67
99/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLafayette County value
Social associations · high21.0 /10k
99/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLafayette County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Florida 15.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLafayette County value
Rent as share of income · low17.8%
95/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Job growth · high3.1%
94/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLafayette County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Florida 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLafayette County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low1.1 /10k
0/100Florida 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLafayette County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Florida 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLafayette County value
Distance to an emergency room · high28.6 mi
1/100Florida 4.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLafayette County value
Mental health providers · low23 /100k
1/100Florida 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLafayette County value
Drought exposure · high98%
3/100Florida 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAALafayette County value
Flu vaccinations · low26.0%
3/100Florida 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLafayette County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,376 (2015-2019) → 1,147 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$22,478 (2015-2019) → $54,375 (2020-2024)
+142%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.2% (2015-2019) → 88.1% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
11.5% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
72.3% (2015-2019) → 80.3% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
4.6% (2015-2019) → 12.4% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Mayo, Florida improved on 2 of 5 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 3 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

Household income+142%$22,478 → $54,375
Broadband+24 points64.2% → 88.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 5 measures

Change of every measure of Mayo, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	64.2%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	94%
High school diploma or higher	72.3%2015-2019	80.3%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4132015-2019	0.4572020-2024	+0.044	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$22,4782015-2019	$54,3752020-2024	+142%	Improved	100%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 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 Mayo, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mayo, 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.

No place that looked like Mayo, Florida five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Mayo, Florida itself moved +5.6 points in standing on average over the same 4 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

1,147 residents (±310)

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: 20–29 women (−10.0 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

1,147 residents (±310)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

White31%†361
Black49%†560
Hispanic or Latino15%†

Education

772 residents (±207)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma20%†152
High school or GED36%†275
Some college30%†

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

385 households (±122)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k26%†100
$25k–50k24%†91
$50k–75k16%†63
$75k–100k14%†54
$100k–150k11%†44
$150k–200k0.5%†2
$200k or more8.1%†31

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 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

385 households (±122)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

Own39%†150
Rent61%†235

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−18.7 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

190 households (±98)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

Under $75055%†105
$750–1,00010%†19
$1,000–1,50032%†61

Home values

150 homes (±53)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k39%†58
$150k–250k32%†48
$250k–400k27%†41

Age of homes

421 homes (±122)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later5.0%†21
2000–200921%†90
1980–199920%†83

Size of homes

421 homes (±122)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.2%†5
1 bedroom8.6%†36
2 bedrooms28%†116

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

352 workers (±143)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone78%†276
Carpool13%†45
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.3%†8
Other6.5%†23

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

344 workers (±143)

Mayo, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min29%†100
15–29 min9.9%†34
30–44 min27%†92

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 Lafayette County, the county holding most of Mayo's residents.

Lafayette County has 112 employer establishments, 137 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.49× Florida's), with 687 paid employees at an average annual pay of $34,265. The Census Bureau also counts 494 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 112; 494 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 137; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 687
Average annual pay: $34,265; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	17	20.7	3.74×More than typical	44	$24,727	—
Specialty trade contractors	9	11	0.71×Too few to compare	24	$30,250	47
Truck transportation	7	8.5	1.69×Too few to compare	50	$47,200	26
Restaurants and other eating places	6	7.3	0.40×Too few to compare	47	$15,043	5
Gasoline stations	5	6.1	1.88×Too few to compare	38	$23,211	—
Building equipment contractors	4	4.9	0.81×Too few to compare	13	$26,385	14
Full-service restaurants	4	4.9	0.64×Too few to compare	39	$13,205	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	4.9	1.11×Too few to compare	14	$36,000	7
Ambulatory health care services	3	3.7	0.18×Too few to compare	19	$52,316	21
Individual and family services	3	3.7	1.31×Too few to compare	10	$20,800	—
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	3	3.7	1.11×Too few to compare	5	$43,200	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	7

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,199 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: Mayo is mostly in Lafayette County.

See federal money in Lafayette 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.

Mayo, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).