Yulee, Florida

Area Profile

16,648 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Yulee, in Nassau County.

62out of 100
Area Score
Top 37% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 13 sources
Opportunity2,870th of 4,199 cities measured48
SchoolsTop 14% of 4,162 cities measured78
Growth2,205th of 4,224 cities measured49
Housing affordability2,138th of 4,218 cities measured66
ClimateTop 17% of 4,225 cities measured80
Physical resilience2,292nd of 4,226 cities measured53
AccessTop 25% of 4,226 cities measured97
Economic stabilityTop 37% of 4,226 cities measured64
The quick read

Unemployment is 4.6% and median household income $85,247, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured. The unemployment rate is published for Nassau County, FL, which contains Yulee, rather than for Yulee alone.

Public schools test above most of the state: 74% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 14% of published profiles for schools.

Residential permitting has slowed: 866 units authorized over the past twelve months, 19% below the prior year. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Nassau County, FL, which contains Yulee, rather than for Yulee alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
16,648
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$85,247
Top 28% nationally
Density
719/sq mi
23.2 sq mi of land
Median age
38.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Florida
Nearest major airport
JAX
12 mi · Jacksonville Intl
Median home value
$302,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Nassau County, FL, which contains Yulee, is 4.6% — higher than in all but 40% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Nassau County, FL, which contains Yulee, fell 1.2% over the past year, to 44,800 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsNassau County, FL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$143,31597th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftNassau County, FL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$76,10558th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$7,1862024 ACS 5-Year$85,247Top 28%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,0232024 ACS 5-Year$37,049Top 40%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year9.3%Top 44%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.3 min2024 ACS 5-Year28.9 minBottom 39%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year26.0%Top 37%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year81.1%63rd percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentNassau County, FL’s figureJuly 202644,800Bottom 45%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Nassau County, FL’s figureJuly 2026−1.9%Bottom 26%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Nassau County, FL’s figureJuly 2026−1.2%Bottom 40%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceNassau County, FL’s figureJuly 202646,97845th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year82.4%Top 34%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageJacksonville, FL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$65,700Bottom 34%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageJacksonville, FL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$48,830Bottom 30%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.3%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Nassau County, FL’s figureJuly 2026+0.6%Bottom 15%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateNassau County, FL’s figureJuly 20264.6%Bottom 40%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year7.4%49th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202485k73k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $85,247 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 — Jacksonville, FL

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons22,390$34,360
Fast Food and Counter Workers21,480$28,470
Registered Nurses18,940$83,520
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand17,350$41,040
Customer Service Representatives17,030$42,840
General and Operations Managers16,870$100,870

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Nassau County, FL, which contains this city.

74% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 66% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 16.1 students for every full-time teacher across 5 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
5
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
16.1
across all schools here
Math proficiency
73.7%
Top 8% in Florida
Reading proficiency
65.5%
Top 19% in Florida
All 5 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Yulee High SchoolNASSAU1,48618.368%63%
Wildlight ElementaryNASSAU1,18114.682%74%
Yulee Middle SchoolNASSAU1,17417.570%58%
Yulee Elementary SchoolNASSAU58914.779%70%
Yulee Primary SchoolNASSAU58213.9——

34.5% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Florida’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run at about the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 99.6, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area is up 41% over five years, and up 0.1% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,716 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.57% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $2,000, some 14% above the $1,754 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $2,000 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $80,000 a year, about 94% of the median household income here of $85,247.

The typical renter household here spends 32% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,754 a month.

A median home at $302,500 costs 3.2 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $93,533, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Cost of living
99.6

Prices here run at about the national average. Where places do differ, housing drives most of it — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
31.9%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.2×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$2,000
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,754
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$302,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Yulee’s median household income of $85,247, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Jacksonville, FL Metro Area’s figure202399.6Top 42%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+0.1%8th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+40.5%43rd percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+109.8%76th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.42024 ACS 5-Year3.2Bottom 29%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year78.9%56th percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4682024 ACS 5-Year6,44091st percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,670Bottom 35%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,460Bottom 36%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$2,000Bottom 32%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$1772024 ACS 5-Year$1,754Bottom 13%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,3672024 ACS 5-Year$302,50072nd percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$2512024 ACS 5-Year$1,71648th percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$8,7912024 ACS 5-Year$93,533Top 33%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.09%2024 ACS 5-Year0.57%17th percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±7%2024 ACS 5-Year31.9%Bottom 32%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±822024 ACS 5-Year6585th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year1.0%62nd percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year2.5%24th percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±1662024 ACS 5-Year22680th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

49/ 100
Ranks 2,205 of 4,224 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 866 units permitted over the past twelve months, only 2% are in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Nassau County, FL, which contains Yulee, rather than for Yulee alone.

Federal tax returns show Nassau County, which contains Yulee, gained about 3.5% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $143,315, above the $76,105 of households that moved out.

At 8.8 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Nassau County, FL, which contains Yulee, rather than for Yulee alone.

Units permitted
866
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
8.8
Top 14% nationally
Year over year
−19%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
1.6%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+3.5%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
54%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$143,315
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$76,105
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Duval County, FL 2,085 people · 26% of arrivals
  2. Camden County, GA 269 people · 3.3% of arrivals
  3. Clay County, FL 217 people · 2.7% of arrivals
  4. St. Johns County, FL 204 people · 2.5% of arrivals
  5. Charlton County, GA 104 people · 1.3% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Duval County, FL 1,346 people · 26% of departures
  2. Camden County, GA 344 people · 6.6% of departures
  3. Clay County, FL 136 people · 2.6% of departures
  4. Charlton County, GA 111 people · 2.1% of departures
  5. St. Johns County, FL 103 people · 2.0% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Nassau County, FL. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Yulee, FL is not one. This is the figure for Nassau County, FL, which contains this city.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 92°F and January a low of 43°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 53.4 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station JACKSONVILLE, 13.1 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND7.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals53.4"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals43°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals92°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals28°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

53 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and coastal flooding, with inland flooding alone responsible for 42% of it. Inland flooding is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

HurricaneElevated
WildfireElevated
Coastal floodingElevated
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, lightning, earthquake, inland flooding, tornado, ice storm, landslide, hail, strong wind, drought, winter weather, volcanic activity, tsunami, avalanche.

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.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Nassau County has a modeled homicide rate of about 7.7 per 100,000 residents a year, because the CDC suppresses counts this small, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 18.7 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 13.8 per 100,000 residents in Nassau County.

Homicide
7.7
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
18.7
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
13.8
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
17.7
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Yulee (Nassau County) rather than Yulee itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Either no municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — or its department did not report every month of the year. Either way there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Jacksonville Intl at 12 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year95.8%Top 21%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle12 miTop 33%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle4Bottom 38%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±0.9%2024 ACS 5-Year1.1%Top 15%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Jacksonville IntlJAX12 mi10,000 ft
Brunswick Golden IslesBQK44 mi8,001 ft
St AugustineSGJ49 mi8,001 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 Jacksonville, FL

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
JacksonvilleDuval County977,67055Jacksonville vs Yulee
Fruit CoveSt. Johns County35,87764Fruit Cove vs Yulee
LakesideClay County32,10558Lakeside vs Yulee
Oakleaf PlantationClay County32,07060
Fleming IslandClay County29,76661
NocateeSt. Johns County27,44264
World Golf VillageSt. Johns County26,07761
Jacksonville BeachDuval County23,65464
Palm ValleySt. Johns County19,79661
St. AugustineSt. Johns County15,35157
Bellair-Meadowbrook TerraceClay County14,75554
Asbury LakeClay County14,45858

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 period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 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 every source with how often each updates.

ZIP codes in Yulee

1 ZIP area

Every ZIP area in Yulee with census figures of its own, largest first.

ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueArea Score
3209726,700$93,161$334,30063