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Wright, Florida

Area Profile

27,927 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Wright, in Okaloosa County.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordability1303rd of 1,876 published cities62
ClimateTop 25% of 1,876 published cities78
Physical resilience1583rd of 1,849 published cities19
Access1278th of 1,876 published cities89
Economic stability1103rd of 1,876 published cities56
The quick read

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane and landslide.

At a glance

Population
27,927
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$70,195
Top 46% nationally
Density
5,099/sq mi
5.5 sq mi of land
Median age
34.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Okaloosa County
Florida
Metro area
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Nearest major airport
CEW
24 mi · Bob Sikes
Median home value
$306,100
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$4,650$70,195Top 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,670$37,805Top 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate16.7%Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.6 minBottom 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher28.3%Top 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation70.5%Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$63,090Bottom 25%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$47,510Bottom 19%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202470k55k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $70,195 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons5,760$33,920
Waiters and Waitresses4,430$37,370
Fast Food and Counter Workers4,350$29,220
Cashiers3,090$31,000
General and Operations Managers3,020$100,070
Office Clerks, General2,560$46,060

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,621 takes 28% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.4 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
27.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.4×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,621
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$306,100
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.36Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate54.1%Bottom 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±55612,011Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$89$1,621Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,353$306,100Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income27.7%Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.6%Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 45°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 55.4 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station DESTIN FT WALTON AP, 10.6 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND6.1"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation55.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low45°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing29°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

19 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane and landslide.

HurricaneHigh
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, tornado, heat wave, inland flooding, wildfire, strong wind, cold wave, coastal flooding, earthquake, winter weather, ice storm, hail, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 24 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Bob SikesCEW24 mi8,006 ft
Northwest Florida Beaches IntlECP51 mi10,000 ft
Dothan RgnlDHN93 mi8,500 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
CrestviewOkaloosa County28,77356vs Wright

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Wright

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
3254735,527$70,711