Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Union County	73.7	85.9	84.5	25.8	58	89.2
2	Gilchrist County	72.3	83.1	83.5	23.3	62.9	72.1
3	Baker County	72.2	84.6	75.3	29.6	65.2	86.8
4	Bradford County	71.6	86.3	82.7	22.4	61.2	63.2
5	Calhoun County	71.5	86.7	88.8	14	57.9	55.1
6	Jefferson County	71.3	83.2	84.1	20.6	62.6	61
7	Lafayette County	71.3	84.1	84.7	23	52.5	84.1
8	Holmes County	70.5	87.7	86.4	14.9	57.2	50.6
9	Dixie County	70.4	81.5	88	14.5	56.6	64.5
10	Liberty County	69.8	77.6	81.6	18.5	57.6	87.4
11	Hamilton County	68.9	81.7	86.9	14.5	54	57
12	Wakulla County	68.9	84	71.4	31.8	68.1	53.3
13	Washington County	68.9	88.1	84	17.8	56	40.6
14	Levy County	68.4	84.1	84.3	18.5	59.7	33.9
15	Franklin County	68.1	84.9	78.2	24.3	57.4	53.5
16	Gulf County	68.1	86.4	74.8	27.4	63.5	40.5
17	Jackson County	68	86.8	84.7	14.3	59.4	24.3
18	Taylor County	67.9	81.9	85.5	12.8	60.1	34.6
19	Suwannee County	67.5	81.8	84.6	19.6	59.3	28.7
20	Gadsden County	66.9	86.7	83.3	13.5	56.1	27.6
21	Nassau County	66.9	81.8	63	41.4	74.4	40.7
22	Columbia County	66.4	81.4	81.3	19.3	59.4	30.3
23	Madison County	66.4	77.6	85	14.8	52.1	52.6
24	Sumter County	66.2	79	73.3	31.2	73.5	12.4
25	Citrus County	65.8	85.6	78.2	19.5	65	5.3
26	Highlands County	64.3	81.8	80.9	19.7	57.4	10.6
27	Glades County	64.1	73.8	83.6	8.8	51	52
28	Santa Rosa County	64.1	85.4	61.3	41.5	71.8	11
29	Clay County	63.7	81.5	62.3	39.6	70.7	18.9
30	Putnam County	63.7	79.4	83.3	14.2	52.9	20.3
31	Hernando County	63.4	82	72	24.6	63.3	12
32	Okeechobee County	63.3	81.1	79.9	17.5	53	19.7
33	Indian River County	63.1	81.8	68.2	29.8	68.4	4.4
34	Escambia County	63	85.4	69.3	26.3	63.7	4.9
35	Walton County	63	89.5	59	35.1	68.4	11.4
36	Brevard County	62.6	82.5	64.2	32.9	70.8	1.6
37	Leon County	62.6	79.1	67.3	25.9	70.6	6.6
38	DeSoto County	62.5	77.7	82.7	16.6	50.2	18.4
39	Marion County	62.5	81.1	74.7	21.6	60.4	5.3
40	Charlotte County	62.4	77.3	69.4	26.6	69.5	4.8
41	Pasco County	62.4	80.8	66.5	27.4	69.5	4
42	St. Johns County	62.4	80.5	49.5	52.7	81.3	12.5
43	Hardee County	62.3	72.8	81.5	18.8	51.2	30.8
44	Martin County	62.3	79.6	62.6	36.1	72	5.9
45	Okaloosa County	62.3	85.4	59.9	35	69.7	7.5
46	Bay County	62.2	85.5	64.7	29.2	65.4	5.9
47	Flagler County	61.8	80.1	59.6	31	71.7	17.2
48	Alachua County	61.7	74.6	68	22.3	71	9.7
49	Lake County	61.7	80	64.7	29.1	68.1	8.1
50	Volusia County	61.6	80.2	66.5	26.8	67.4	3.8
51	Polk County	61.3	81.5	69.3	24.9	61.8	3.5
52	Sarasota County	61.3	81	58.5	36	73.6	1.8
53	Seminole County	61.1	82.6	54.7	37.6	73.6	8.6
54	Hendry County	61	79.7	78.9	18	46	21.3
55	Pinellas County	60.8	81.8	62.1	29.3	68.2	1.8
56	Duval County	60.3	80.4	63.6	28.1	65.7	2.8
57	Manatee County	60.1	80	61	32.9	67.5	2.4
58	Lee County	59.7	79	60.3	31.1	68.6	1
59	Collier County	59	83.7	52.8	39.6	68.5	1.1
60	St. Lucie County	59	75.7	62.2	28.4	66.5	3.9
61	Hillsborough County	58.8	78.8	57.8	32.3	68.1	1.2
62	Monroe County	58.8	86.9	47.1	37.2	70.5	8.4
63	Orange County	58.3	80.3	54	33.7	69.2	1.6
64	Osceola County	58.1	80.1	56.2	28.2	65.4	8
65	Palm Beach County	56.6	77.4	51.8	36.3	67.4	0.8
66	Broward County	55.2	75.6	50.8	32	66.5	0.5
67	Miami-Dade County	54.9	79	51.1	28.2	62.9	0.4

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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