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SheetFL-DEFUNIAK-SPRINGS-FL · DeFuniak Springs, FL 6,284 pop · income 23rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around DeFuniak Springs
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest DeFuniak Springs on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Prospect Park · lowest
48,615
Prospect Park · lowest
48,615 median HH income
39.6% of the leader · rank #1
Savoonga · near
51,875
Savoonga · near
51,875 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #2
Hector · near
51,875
Hector · near
51,875 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #3
DeFuniak Spri… · this city
51,883
DeFuniak Spri… · this city
51,883 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #4
Jamestown · near
51,886
Jamestown · near
51,886 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #5
Milwaukee · near
51,888
Milwaukee · near
51,888 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #6
Sanibel · highest
122,730
Sanibel · highest
122,730 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for DeFuniak Springs on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 6,284.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
DeFuniak Springs - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, DeFuniak Springs lands in the 23rd percentile for household income and the 21st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
23rd
percentile, household income
31st
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
21st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: DeFuniak Springs, FL
Florida's DeFuniak Springs is a small town, with 6,284 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. DeFuniak Springs households earn a median of $51,883 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 15.3%. Home values in DeFuniak Springs run a median of $163,200, and the median resident age is 34.2 years. Educational attainment runs 16.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2623.0 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Florida scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of DeFuniak Springs's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to housing and income to population change to comparison shortlist to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For DeFuniak Springs, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in DeFuniak Springs?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2623.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 15% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
How far does income reach against housing in DeFuniak Springs?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 15.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is DeFuniak Springs growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,373 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +23.0% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Which cities make useful reference points for DeFuniak Springs?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Vero Lake Estates (6,262 residents, $63,487 income); Pembroke Park (6,254 residents, $50,710 income); Freeport (6,203 residents, $89,540 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Prospect Park, NJ (6,286 residents); Shelburne, VT (6,292 residents); Crestwood, KY (6,275 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for DeFuniak Springs?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 11 public schools within the city match. 16.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
15.3%
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%
Matched public schools
11
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in DeFuniak Springs?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
75.1%
Work from home
8.8%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 2,296 workers age 16+.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · DeFuniak Springs, FL
23/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$51,883
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
383 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
15.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
DeFuniak Springs profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 24/100 (F) · 16.5%
Household income: 23/100 (F) · $51,883
Violent crime: 23/100 (F) · 383 /100k
Poverty rate: 22/100 (F) · 15.3%
Where DeFuniak Springs sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
DeFuniak Springs's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - DeFuniak Springs highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
DeFuniak Springs, FL (this city): home $163,200, crime 2,623/100k
Prospect Park, NJ : home $391,500, crime 1,395/100k
Shelburne, VT : home $496,700, crime 1,389/100k
Yarmouth, ME : home $506,300, crime 509/100k
Manistee, MI : home $144,400, crime 1,624/100k
Obetz, OH : home $191,700, crime 1,207/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does DeFuniak Springs compare to other US cities?
Where DeFuniak Springs sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income23% higher than other cities
Home value31% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
Safety21% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Florida and the picture shifts: DeFuniak Springs ranks #91 of 120 Florida cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares DeFuniak Springs against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places DeFuniak Springs near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, DeFuniak Springs ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares DeFuniak Springs only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#711 of 903
21st percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#755 of 894
16th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#200 of 930
78th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#691 of 930
25th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
23rd percentile nationally for median household income · 21st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
DeFuniak Springs's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
DeFuniak Springs's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How DeFuniak Springs's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$163,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 69% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,415 of 15,516
More affordable than 52% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,162 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1×, DeFuniak Springs sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,415 of 15,516 and #6,162 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$51,883DeFuniak Springs, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context DeFuniak Springs, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for DeFuniak Springs, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,284
Median Income
$51,883
Median Home Value
$163,200
Median Age
34.2
Poverty Rate
15.3%
Labor force participation
50.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2623.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
382.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2240.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
11
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
DeFuniak Springs's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,965 residents
2021
6,296 residents
2022
6,575 residents
2023
6,823 residents
2024
7,093 residents
2025
7,338 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.1%
Carpool
14.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
8.8%
Based on 2,296 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for DeFuniak Springs. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around DeFuniak Springs is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county DeFuniak Springs sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How DeFuniak Springs compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.