Scores by category

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

Safety64#5,612/15,637
Economy44#8,825/15,631
Housing10#13,412/14,977
Health35#10,190/15,609
Healthcare44#8,748/15,650
Environment60#6,185/15,453
Education64#5,581/15,649
Infrastructure64#5,617/15,650
Community39#9,588/15,651
Leisure & amenities83#2,622/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wright, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Okaloosa 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 · high3.49
96/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkaloosa County value
Reading scores · high3.39
94/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkaloosa County value
Restaurants and bars · high14.3 /10k
94/100Florida 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOkaloosa County value
Property crime rate · low473 /100k
91/100Florida 1,176 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2023Federal Bureau of InvestigationOkaloosa County value
Violent crime rate · low84 /100k
90/100Florida 261 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2023Federal Bureau of InvestigationOkaloosa County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low116 min
90/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOkaloosa County value

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high61.8%
2/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high22.5%
4/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Flu vaccinations · low31.0%
10/100Florida 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkaloosa County value
Students per teacher · high19.0×
10/100Florida 18.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsOkaloosa County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high89 mi
12/100Florida 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOkaloosa County value
Rent as share of income · high33.1%
13/100Florida 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.

PopulationRising
23,965 (2015-2019) → 27,927 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.7% (2015-2019) → 94.6% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
47.0% (2015-2019) → 61.8% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$51,349 (2015-2019) → $70,195 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
21.2% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.3× (2015-2019) → 4.4× (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Wright, Florida improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 9 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

Broadband+16 points78.7% → 94.6%
Household income+37%$51,349 → $70,195

Declined3

Rent burden+15 points47.0% → 61.8%
Price / income+1.1×3.3× → 4.4×
Rent / income+4 points29.1% → 33.1%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Wright, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.2 min2015-2019	24.7 min2020-2024	+3.5 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Broadband subscriptions	78.7%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	21.2%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.4062020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	62%
Median household income	$51,3492015-2019	$70,1952020-2024	+37%	Improved	68%
Poverty rate	15.1%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	33.1%2020-2024	+4 points	Declined	27%
Rent-burdened households	47.0%2015-2019	61.8%2020-2024	+15 points	Declined	15%
Unemployment rate	3.5%2015-2019	3.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.6%2015-2019	22.5%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 Wright, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wright, 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, Wright, Florida itself moved −6 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

27,927 residents (±1,649)

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: 10–19 women (+3.2 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

27,927 residents (±1,649)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

White51%14,334
Black14%3,958
Hispanic or Latino22%6,129

Education

18,789 residents (±1,248)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma13%2,399
High school or GED25%4,751
Some college20%3,708

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

11,100 households (±583)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k9.2%1,024
$25k–50k23%2,500
$50k–75k24%2,616
$75k–100k14%1,564
$100k–150k19%2,082
$150k–200k6.1%†675
$200k or more5.8%†639

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−13.6 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

11,100 households (±583)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

Own54%6,000
Rent46%5,100

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

5,034 households (±455)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

Under $7503.0%†152
$750–1,0006.1%†309
$1,000–1,50033%1,639

Home values

6,000 homes (±588)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k15%889
$150k–250k21%†1,286
$250k–400k45%2,681

Age of homes

12,011 homes (±556)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later9.8%1,183
2000–200918%2,137
1980–199941%4,876

Size of homes

12,011 homes (±556)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.8%†213
1 bedroom5.1%†613
2 bedrooms31%3,700

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

14,811 workers (±1,157)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone76%11,273
Carpool15%†2,161
Public transit0.2%†32
Walk0.9%†139
Bike1.8%†272
Work from home5.0%†739
Other1.3%†195

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

14,072 workers (±1,106)

Wright, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min31%4,411
15–29 min37%5,144
30–44 min17%†2,394

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, 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 Okaloosa County, the county holding most of Wright's residents.

Okaloosa County has 6,011 employer establishments, 274 for every 10,000 residents (1.10× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Florida's), with 64,766 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,784. The Census Bureau also counts 21,815 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,011; 21,815 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 274; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 64,766
Average annual pay: $49,784; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	586	26.7	1.28×More than typical	5,720	$61,127	889
Restaurants and other eating places	492	22.4	1.22×About typical	10,226	$25,977	124
Lessors of real estate	486	22.1	1.80×More than typical	1,515	$44,782	2,667
Specialty trade contractors	402	18.3	1.18×About typical	2,568	$47,569	1,479
Real estate agents and brokers	244	11.1	2.28×More than typical	393	$50,858	931
Offices of physicians	239	10.9	1.68×More than typical	2,269	$73,344	185
Services to buildings and dwellings	235	10.7	1.59×More than typical	1,243	$37,245	2,253
Full-service restaurants	228	10.4	1.35×More than typical	5,539	$29,785	52
Construction of buildings	221	10.1	1.33×More than typical	691	$57,467	812
Limited-service restaurants	204	9.3	1.16×About typical	4,070	$21,338	44
Offices of other health practitioners	199	9.1	1.49×More than typical	1,029	$46,040	447
Management, scientific and technical consulting	153	7	1.04×About typical	750	$111,215	685

Rank places for an industry Open Okaloosa County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 219,674 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 $6.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Wright, Florida: $238 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6.6M; −59% vs FY2025
Per resident: $238; US $1,994
Sole-source: 21%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.4%; 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

Department of the Air Force$3.3M50%
U.S. Marshals Service$1.4M21%
Federal Acquisition Service$947.1K14%
Department of the Navy$539.6K8.1%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$203.1K3.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$121.8K1.8%
Department of the Army$105.2K1.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$4,4450.1%

Top recipients

BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$1.9M29%
WILLIAMS ELECTRIC CO INC$1.4M21%
BEAST CODE LLC$1M15%
HX5 LLC$512.6K7.7%
ANYAR INC.$300.9K4.5%

Spending by fiscal year

17.1MFY2017
13.1MFY2018
11.2MFY2019
8.5MFY2020
15.1MFY2021
11.9MFY2022
12.5MFY2023
18.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$2M30%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.9M28%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$1.1M17%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$275.5K4.1%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$273.2K4.1%

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

Wright, Florida's figures are part of those of Okaloosa County, FL ($1.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Okaloosa 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.

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

House

Jimmy PatronisR-FL-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.2%

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.

Okaloosa County77100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL70

Other cities and towns in Okaloosa 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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