East BronsonFL
A town of 2,649 in Florida.
Is East Bronson a good place to live?
East Bronson grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns, and ranks 289th of 634 in Florida. Its weakest subject is health (D): residents are less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than four fifths of U.S. towns. Cost of living is its strong suit (A): a typical home costs about $148K, 2.4 years of the Gainesville metro’s $61K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Goethe State Forest, at 500 acres. 31% of residents live below the poverty line here, above both the Florida town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · OpenStreetMap.
99% of working residents leave East Bronson for work
Where East Bronson’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How East Bronson grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far East Bronson is from typical.
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Moving to East Bronson: who provides what
East Bronson is unincorporated, so Levy 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in East Bronson.
East Bronson trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
East Bronson earns a D for health
Against the 6,421 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Bronson’s, it is less healthy than 67%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in East Bronson, 21% worry about having enough food. In East Bronson, 18% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 20% report frequent mental distress.
| East Bronson | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | East Bronson | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.8% | 12.7% |
| More smokers | 19.2% | 12.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of East Bronson’s working residents commute to Gainesville
East Bronson has 66 jobs for its 832 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.8 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
0.6% of working residents work locally in East Bronson. Employers in East Bronson shed 51 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 66. For East Bronson, the mean commuting time is 36 minutes. The top destinations are Gainesville (31%), Bronson (8%) and Williston (4%).
| East Bronson | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 31% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
6.8% of the land in East Bronson is protected from building
Trails total 4.3 miles in 1 park or preserve. In East Bronson, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| East Bronson | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.8% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Goethe State Forest | 0.3 mi | 500 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Natural hazards: high risk in East Bronson, mostly hurricanes
Compared with nearly three quarters of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in East Bronson is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 37% come from hurricanes and 33% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
East Bronson has mild winters and hot summers
The Usher Twr weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 82 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. The Usher Twr weather station, 14 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 279 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 88% of Florida places with climate records.
East Bronson’s midsummer high comes in at 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in East Bronson sell for about $322K
Homes are within reach (A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 21 miles. At 2.4 years of the Gainesville metro’s $61K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 95% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living.
The share of households in East Bronson who own their home: 90%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Bronson. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Stadium & arenaBen Hill Griffin Stadium
27 mi Park & preserveGinnie Springs
10 mi Ancient siteDevil's Den
18 mi State parkPaynes Prairie
18 mi MuseumFlorida Museum of Natural History200K visitors a year
36 mi Zoo & aquariumSilver SpringsPhoto credits
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: The original uploader was Hughs at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ginnie Springs: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Devil's Den: Eric Beach, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paynes Prairie: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florida Museum of Natural History: WillMcC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Silver Springs: NeilEvans, Public domain
Everything we know about East Bronson
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of East Bronson; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 East Bronson residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About East Bronson
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
East Bronson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,025 at the 2020 census, up from 1,945 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Area code
- 352
East Bronson’s neighbors
One town shares a border with East Bronson.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bronson | #289 | C+ | A | — | B | D |
| Bronson | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
Bronson has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. East Bronson and Bronson report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare East Bronson with a neighbor →
Questions about East Bronson
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Bronson, FL a good place to live?
East Bronson grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #289 of 634 in Florida. It grades D for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is East Bronson, FL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $148,000, 61% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.