Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Florida.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its strongest subject is schools: its schools outperform 88% of the state's. Crawfordville’s overall grade is B, better than 60% of U.S. towns. It ranks 88th of 634 in Florida. Incomes are another plus: the median household earns $83K. What holds it back is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than four fifths of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Cost of living is weaker too: the typical home is worth about $290K, 4.4 years of the Tallahassee metro’s $65K median household income. Wakulla Springs Archeological and Historic District and Old Wakulla County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Crawfordville beats most towns.
3,702 counted in 2010 and 4,853 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Crawfordville is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and a map from 1940 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crawfordville. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Stadium & arenaDoak Campbell Stadium
13 mi Park & preserveSt. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
14 mi LighthouseSt. Marks Light
18 mi National forestApalachicola National Forest24 mi Ancient sitePage-Ladson prehistory site
34 mi Park & preserveTate's Hell State ForestDoak Campbell Stadium: Mlsquad, CC BY-SA 4.0 · St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge: Tim Ross, Public domain · St. Marks Light: MaheshGonela, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Apalachicola National Forest: Sallicio, Public domain · Tate's Hell State Forest: The Bushranger, CC BY-SA 4.0
Crawfordville is unincorporated, so Wakulla County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Crawfordville.
Crawfordville has schools in the top 5% of Florida and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
That grade ranks #19 of the 638 Florida towns we grade for schools.
It has one school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Of the losses FEMA expects in Crawfordville, 29% come from inland flooding and 27% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Crawfordville after 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Crawfordville for work: only 7% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 307, to 1,628. Crawfordville: 4.7% of residents live below the poverty line, below both the Florida town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). For workers here, the share who do their job from home is 7.3%.
| Crawfordville | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 7.3% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Apalachicola National Forest, at 131 acres. The concentration of trails in Crawfordville is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Crawfordville | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.2% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Apalachicola National Forest | 0.2 mi | 131 |
| 2. Azalea Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Hudson Park | 0.2 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A typical home in Crawfordville is worth about $290,000, up 0.8% in a year, 23% below the Florida typical home. The town’s rent at the middle of the market is $1,344 a month, below Florida’s towns ($1,647 a month) but above U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). A home in Crawfordville typically sold within 77 days of listing.
| Crawfordville | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,344 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Tallahassee Ap weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 128 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. The Tallahassee Ap weather station, 14 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 255 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 96% of Florida places with climate records.
For Crawfordville, the midsummer high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crawfordville: just over three quarters of adults had a checkup this year. In Crawfordville, 17% of adults binge drink, and 18% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Crawfordville | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Crawfordville | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.5% | 12.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults with obesity | 37.6% | 31.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Crawfordville; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Crawfordville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Where Crawfordville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 notable people were born in Crawfordville.
Census-Designated Place in Florida, United States
Crawfordville is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP), and county seat of Wakulla County, Florida, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 4,853, up from 3,702 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Tallahassee metropolitan area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Crawfordville grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #88 of 634 in Florida. It grades B for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
4 notable people were born here, including Alvin Hall and Cecil H. Bolton.
