Mount CarmelFL
A town in Florida, home to 280 people.
Is Mount Carmel a good place to live?
Mount Carmel’s mean commuting time is 38 minutes, where Florida’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. No town among the 639 in Florida we compare has a lower January low than Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
280 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Carmel.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Mount Carmel, mostly hurricanes
63% of Mount Carmel’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 17%. Compared with 87% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Carmel has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half commute less than 35 miles. The top destinations are Pensacola (14%), Milton (9%) and Pace (8%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Mount Carmel brings mild winters and hot summers
The July high in Mount Carmel is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Mount Carmel is
Among adults in Mount Carmel, 14% binge drink. The town does better than the Florida average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 11. Two figures for adults here: 17% report frequent physical distress, 15% have diabetes.
| Mount Carmel | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mount Carmel | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.1% | 15.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.5% | 78.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Mount Carmel is conserved land
2.5 miles of trail. For Mount Carmel, the trail network density is 0.5 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Mount Carmel
Moving to Mount Carmel: who provides what
Mount Carmel is unincorporated, so Santa Rosa 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.
100% of working residents leave Mount Carmel for work
Where Mount Carmel’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mount Carmel; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Mount Carmel residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Mount Carmel
Unincorporated community in Florida, United States
Mount Carmel is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. Its population was 243 at the 2020 census, up from 227 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Florida State Road 89 passes through the community.
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- Area
- 5.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 256 ft
- Area code
- 850
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