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27,927people live here $70,195median household income▼ 13% below US $1,621median rent per month▲ 15% above US $306,100median home valueNear US average

Wright is an unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Wright

Wright is an unincorporated community in Florida with air quality that stays clean most of the year, a population that has grown fast since 2020, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Wright deals with a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, very rainy, fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city, and a car-dependent commute, with few people using transit.

The good

Clean air
Fast-growing population
Average class sizes

The not so good

High rent burden for renters
Very rainy — 73" of rain per year
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Wright compares

Median household income

Wright$70,195

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Wright$1,621

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Wright$306,100

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Wright

Based on Wright's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,242

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $64,840 a year
61% of Wright renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$61,220

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $30,610
Homes cost 4.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 15% above US

$1,621/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,621 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $306,100. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $306,100 · 61% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.8% county unemployment

Unemployment in Okaloosa County is 3.8%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Okaloosa County (county-wide)

Safety

331 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Wright doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1337/100k · Policed by Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2020 data

Getting aroundNear US average

25 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 24.7 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 5% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

76%

Carpool

15%

Work from home

5.0%

Other

3.2%

Walk

0.9%

Public transit

0.2%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 89°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 40°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Healthcare

1 hospital

There's one Medicare-certified hospital inside city limits, rated 3.0 out of 5 by Medicare. Hospitals in neighboring towns aren't counted here.

Medicare-certified hospitals

Education & workforce▼ 21% below US

28% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 28%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16:1, close to the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Gulf Islands National Seashore (37 miles away).

Bottom line

Wright's strongest points are air quality that stays clean most of the year and a population that has grown fast since 2020; the main tradeoffs are a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin and very rainy. A year of median rent ($1,621/mo) equals 28% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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