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Which part of Florida suits you depends on what you are moving for: house prices, work, schools, the age of your neighbors or quiet.
Florida has 67 counties, and every one has its own guide on this site with its population, typical home price and household income.
Pick two or three counties, open their guides, and compare them side by side before you decide.
The ten lowest, by typical sale price in Redfin's latest figures, the three months to June 2026 for most counties, are Madison, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Calhoun, Washington, Glades, Okeechobee, Taylor and Dixie.
Read the answer →St. Johns County has the highest median household income in Florida, $109,839 a year against $74,568 statewide.
Read the answer →Florida's youngest counties are its two big college towns. Leon County, around Tallahassee, home to Florida State and Florida A&M, and Alachua County, around Gainesville, home to the University of Florida, have a median age of about 32, the lowest in the state by the Census Bureau's latest five-year figures.
Read the answer →Among Florida's larger counties, single adults are most concentrated in the two college counties and the big metro areas.
Read the answer →Retirees are spread across the state, but some counties are far older than others.
Read the answer →Start with the school, because in Florida the address decides it. The state grades its public schools and every school district from A to F each year; for 2025-26, 34 of the 67 districts were graded A, 23 B and 10 C, and none D or F. A district graded A still has schools graded lower, so look up the grade of the exact school assigned to the address before you make an offer.
Read the answer →Nine of Florida's 67 counties have fewer than 16,000 residents, and all but one are in North Florida, the Panhandle and the Big Bend; the exception is Glades, on the west side of Lake Okeechobee.
Read the answer →Every Florida county, grouped into regions, with its population, typical home sale price, median household income and share of residents 65 and older, each linked to its full county guide.
Open the page →Most of Florida is built around the car, and public transportation is concentrated in a few metro areas.
Start with the school, because in Florida the address decides it. The state grades its public schools and every school district from A to F each year; for 2025-26, 34 of the 67 districts were graded A, 23 B and 10 C, and none D or F. A district graded A still has schools graded lower, so look up the grade of the exact school assigned to the address before you make an offer.
By the Census Bureau's latest five-year figures, six Florida counties have more than a million residents: Miami-Dade, the largest by far with more than 2.7 million, then Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Orange and Duval.
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