MaloneFL
A town of 1,865, settled in 1911.
Is Malone a good place to live?
The best of Malone’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for incomes. 8.8% of residents are under 18 in Malone, where Florida’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 3 of Florida’s 774 towns score higher on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Malone's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. Malone has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Malone stand out
Where Malone beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Malone for work
Where Malone’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Malone grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Malone is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Malone: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Malone, and how to reach them.
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 Malone.
Malone stands out in Florida and nationally, with the median rent lower than most
A typical home in Malone is worth about $129,000, down 4.1% in a year, 66% below the Florida typical home. 79% of Malone households live in a home they own, above both Florida’s towns (72%) and U.S. towns (73%).
| Malone | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $684 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 72% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On state tests, Malone’s schools trail 76% of Florida districts
Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Malone School, with 559 students. The public schools here belong to the Jackson school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malone SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 559 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, fewer of Malone’s adults had a checkup this year
46% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Malone. Only 6 of the 637 Florida towns we compare have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Malone. The town does better than the Florida average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 18.
| Malone | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 79% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Malone | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 18% | 26.6% |
| More smokers | 21.5% | 12.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Malone has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Malone than in 83% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Malone break down as 45% from hurricanes and 27% from inland flooding. Also worth knowing: households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2022.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Malone’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 23 miles. Malone’s median household income comes in at $45,000. Most people who work leave Malone to do it: just 3% work in town. Jobs here fell by 62 from 2013 to 2023, to 67.
| Malone | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $45,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and hot summers in Malone
The town’s typical July afternoon high stands at 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Malone
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Malone
About 3 of every 100 Malone residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Malone
Town in the state of Florida, United States
Malone is a town in Jackson County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,959 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 141 ft
- ZIP code
- 32445
- Area code
- 850
Questions about Malone
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Malone, FL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.
What is Malone, FL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Fraser L. Adams and Cecil Hayes.