Hurlburt FieldFL
A town in Florida, home to 2,951 people.
Is Hurlburt Field a good place to live?
Hurlburt Field’s grades pull in different directions. This Florida town grades C+ overall and ranks 250th of 634 in Florida. That leaves it better than two fifths of U.S. towns. Where it falls short is cost of living: the typical home is worth about , years of the Crestview metro’s $82K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Health is its strong suit: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 83% of the country. Its average commute is 15 minutes, where Florida’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Hurlburt Field's public schools beat 76% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results.
What makes Hurlburt Field stand out
Where Hurlburt Field beats most towns.
Every workday, about 1,709 people come to Hurlburt Field for work
Where Hurlburt Field’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hurlburt Field grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Hurlburt Field is from typical.
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Gulf Islands National Seashore and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hurlburt Field. Close and well known come first.
in town National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
35 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
36 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
35 mi MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museum
10 mi MuseumAir Force Armament Museum
35 mi LandmarkFort BarrancasPhoto credits
Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · National Naval Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Air Force Armament Museum: Greg Goebel, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fort Barrancas: National Park Service, Public domain
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Moving to Hurlburt Field: who provides what
Hurlburt Field is unincorporated, so Okaloosa 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 Hurlburt Field.
Hurlburt Field draws workers from Navarre and beyond, has less heart disease than most of Florida and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
In Hurlburt Field, the median age runs lower than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Only 0% of households own their home, against 67.6% across Florida.
Hurlburt Field: two in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Adults 18 to 34 are 56% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 12% of residents (38% statewide).
| Hurlburt Field | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 24 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 38% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Hurlburt Field’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.6 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Hurlburt Field | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 27% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 23% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 33.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 2.3% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 0% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 0% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 10.7% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.2% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 22.6% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 33.8% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.7% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
Hurlburt Field stands out in Florida and nationally, with the average trip to work shorter than most
1,718 jobs are based in Hurlburt Field, 3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 14.6 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
The middle household income in Hurlburt Field is $62,000. Jobs based in Hurlburt Field grew to 1,718 in 2023, 552 more than in 2013. Among residents locally, 1.3% live below the poverty line. Also worth knowing: just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town.
| Hurlburt Field | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hurlburt Field’s grade for health is an A−
Its widest gap with Florida is heart disease: 2% of its 1,554 adults have heart disease, against 7.5% statewide. Against the 9,339 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hurlburt Field’s, it is healthier than 98%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
Only 2 of the 636 Florida towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Hurlburt Field. In Hurlburt Field, 23% of adults binge drink. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Hurlburt Field is ahead of Florida on 12 and behind on 8.
| Hurlburt Field | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 4.5% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hurlburt Field | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| More binge drinkers | 23.2% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Hurlburt Field is conserved land
Across 1 park or preserve: 5.2 miles of trail. For Hurlburt Field, the density of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile. The town has one park or preserve, 7 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Air Park | 0.2 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Very high risk in Hurlburt Field, with hurricanes at the top
77% of Hurlburt Field’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 10%. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2005.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hurlburt Field has mild winters and hot summers
The Niceville weather station, 15 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 253 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 89% of Florida places with climate records. July afternoons average 89.8°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 89% of Florida places with climate records; January nights average 42.9°.
Hurlburt Field’s January low is 43°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Hurlburt Field | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 43°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Hurlburt Field
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Hurlburt Field; the nearest are
About 10 of every 100 Hurlburt Field residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Hurlburt Field
US Air Force base in Florida, United States
Hurlburt Field (ICAO: KHRT, FAA LID: HRT) is a United States Air Force base located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately west of the town of Mary Esther. It is part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation and is home to Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the 1st Special Operations Wing (1 SOW), the USAF Special Operations School (USAFSOS) and the Air Combat Command's (ACC) 505th Command and Control Wing. It was named for First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt, who died in a crash at Eglin. The installation is nearly 6,700 acres (27 km2) and employs nearly 8,000 military personnel. This facility is assigned a three-letter location identifier of HRT by the…
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- Elevation
- 38 ft
- ZIP code
- 32544
Hurlburt Field’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Hurlburt Field.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurlburt Field | #250 | C+ | D− | — | A− | A− |
| Wright | #258 | C+ | C | — | A− | C+ |
| Fort Walton Beach | #332 | C | C | C− | A− | B− |
| Mary Esther | #101 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
Hurlburt Field, Wright and Mary Esther report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hurlburt Field with a neighbor →
Questions about Hurlburt Field
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hurlburt Field, FL a good place to live?
Hurlburt Field grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #250 of 634 in Florida. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.