Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 29,766.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fleming Island grades B+ overall, 32nd of 634 graded towns in Florida. Residents are healthier than 87% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household earns $117K and its schools outperform 79% of the state's. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $442K, 5.6 years of the Jacksonville metro’s $80K median household income. 50% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Fleming Island, where Florida’s towns sit at 31% and U.S. towns at 29%. Fleming Island has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery and Holly Cottage.
Where Fleming Island beats most towns.
Where Fleming Island’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Fleming Island is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and 5 maps from 1917 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fleming Island. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaEverBank Field
28 mi National MonumentCastillo de San Marcos National Monument598K visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaVyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
23 mi National MemorialFort Caroline National Memorial369K visitors a year
16 mi MuseumUSS Orleck
16 mi TheatreDaily's PlaceEverBank Field: AndrewAvitus, CC BY 3.0 · Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena: Nichos (talk), Public domain · Fort Caroline National Memorial: NPS Photo, Public domain · USS Orleck: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Daily's Place: Itsbydesign, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fleming Island is unincorporated, so Clay 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 Fleming Island.
Fleming Island has less no health insurance than most of Florida, has household incomes well above the Florida norm and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
Its widest gap with Florida is no health insurance: 7.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 15.9% statewide. That grade tops all 3 graded neighbors; Orange Park (B−) comes closest.
For adults 18 to 64 in Fleming Island, the share who have no health insurance is 7.9%. This Florida town does better than the Florida average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 1. In Fleming Island, 12% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 9.8% smoke cigarettes.
| Fleming Island | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Fleming Island | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The largest public high school is Fleming Island High School, with 1,765 students. Three of the 6 schools are below, and why each made the list. Its public schools are run by the Clay school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderbolt Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 756 | A |
| Fleming Island High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,765 | A− |
| Fleming Island Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 629 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
The biggest park or preserve is Moccasin Slough Park, at 31 acres. Trails run 14 miles in 5 parks and preserves. Fleming Island’s density of trails stands at 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Fleming Island | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moccasin Slough Park | 0.7 mi | 31 |
| 2. Plantation Sports Complex | — | 26 |
| 3. Forest Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fleming Island’s average commute is 30 minutes. For most workers, Fleming Island is a place to come home to: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Fleming Island has added 1,824 jobs, to 8,204 in 2023. The share of workers in Fleming Island who work from home: 22%.
| Fleming Island | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $117,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 44°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 80% of Florida places with climate records; July afternoons average 91.9°.
The July high for Fleming Island comes to 92°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Fleming Island | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Fleming Island are typically worth about $442,000, about the same as a year ago, 18% above the Florida typical home. In Fleming Island, 85% of households live in a home they own. For Fleming Island, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,935 a month.
| Fleming Island | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,935 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For Fleming Island, the FEMA risk score is 63 of 100. 144 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 1980. FEMA puts nearly two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 16% to hurricanes. Federal aid has come to Fleming Island households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fleming Island
About 6 of every 100 Fleming Island residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
2 places in Fleming Island on the National Register of Historic Places.
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Fleming Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clay County, Florida, United States. It is located 21 miles (34 km) southwest of downtown Jacksonville, on the western side of the St. Johns River, off US 17. As of the 2020 census the Fleming Island CDP had a population of 29,142, up from 27,126 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Fleming Island's ZIP code became 32003 in 2004, giving it a different code from Orange Park, the incorporated town to the north.
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3 towns share a border with Fleming Island.
At #32 in FL, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Orange Park (B) comes closest.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming Island | #32 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
| Orange Park | #89 | B | C+ | B− | A− | B− |
| Lakeside | #160 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Jacksonville | #437 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
Fleming Island, Lakeside and Jacksonville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fleming Island with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fleming Island grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #32 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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