Bonifay
Start with Bonifay to understand the established center, nearby services and everyday rhythm within Holmes County.
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Holmes
County
A rural inland county with farms, forests, springs and Interstate 10 access.
Northwest FloridaPanhandle & Emerald Coast
REGIONPanhandle & Emerald Coast
COMMUNITIES TO START WITHBonifay · Ponce de Leon · Esto
LIFESTYLE SIGNALSRural · Springs · Space
Start with daily life
What Holmes County feels like before you choose a neighborhood.
A rural inland county with farms, forests, springs and Interstate 10 access.
Use this guide as a first-pass planning tool. On a scouting trip, compare actual commute routes, insurance requirements, medical access, school or training options and the places you would use in an ordinary week—not only the best-known attraction.
The numbers that matter if you are moving
- Population
- 19,513Census estimate
- At the last full count
- 19,6532020 Census
- Median age
- 43.7
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.2%
- Under 18
- 20.5%
- Median household income
- $49,343
- Median home value
- $110,200what owners estimate
- Homeownership
- 76.4%
- People per household
- 2.53
- Average commute
- 34.7 minutes
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026, read September 19, 2026. Survey figures are estimates; median home value is what owners estimate their home is worth, not a sale price.
COUNTY LIFESTYLE THEMES
RuralSpringsSpace
Relocation decision desk
Six checks before you choose a county.
Property cost, flood and wind, schools, healthcare, daily travel and storm readiness.
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Begin with the county’s major places.
These are starting points, not a ranking. Add nearby towns and neighborhoods as you learn your daily route and housing priorities.
Ponce de Leon
Use Ponce de Leon to compare housing patterns, main-road access and the shopping or medical stops used during a normal week.
Esto
Walk or drive through Esto at different times of day to judge traffic, neighborhood character and access to outdoor space.
Hospitals in Holmes County
One hospital with an emergency room.
From the state's own hospital list. Each card opens the state's record for that hospital: its address, phone, services and inspection reports.
How do I compare hospitals in Florida? →How do I find a doctor who takes Medicare? →Search the state's hospital list ↗
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder, Locate a Facility (hospitals), read September 25, 2026.
Evergreen county experiences
5 places that reveal the county.
Use enduring natural, historic and cultural places to understand the area beyond a real-estate showing.
Ponce de Leon Springs State Park
The state gives the park as 380.84 acres. The spring is second magnitude, putting out about fourteen million gallons a day out of the Floridan Aquifer, and the water holds at sixty-eight degrees whatever the month, which means it feels cold in July and mild in January.
Holmes Creek
This is the upper end of a stream that runs fifty-six miles before it reaches the Choctawhatchee River west of Ebro. Up here the water is brown and acid, carrying very little mineral, because it is draining farm and forest rather than coming out of limestone.
Historic Downtown Bonifay
The line came through in 1882. G. W.
Vortex Spring
Denzel Dockery, a Navy veteran known as Doc, established it. The basin is two hundred feet across with sloping sides, the spring puts out about twenty-eight million gallons a day, and the water sits at sixty-eight degrees with no thermocline and is usually very clear, which is exactly what a dive school wants.
Holmes County Historical Society Museum
It opens the second Saturday of each month, from ten in the morning until two. The society behind it maintains historic sites around the county, helps people trace their families, and works on preservation, so the museum is the visible part of a larger job rather than the whole of it.
Official planning desk
Check current public information before making the move.
Florida disaster preparedness mapsOfficial evacuation-zone, route and storm-surge planning maps.
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Florida school accountability reportsCurrent state school and district accountability information.
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Florida community health dataCounty-level public health indicators and community reports.
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Florida housing resourcesState resources for homebuyers, renters and local assistance programs.
Open official source ↗QUESTIONS THAT NAME THIS COUNTY
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