A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Perry$1,040/mo

Typical home $183K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.50% · or rent about $986/mo · Housing →

Springfield$1,240/mo

Typical home $218K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $1,307/mo · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Springfield and Perry.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Perry places higher on 13 of 21 FL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Florida ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–PerryNot graded DSpringfieldSafer than 13% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+PerryBetter than 36% of districts in the state B−SpringfieldBetter than 45% of districts in the state

Health

DPerryHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns C−SpringfieldHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

13Perry

8Springfield

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 631 towns #59#482 Most new homesHousing · 250 towns #112#194 Lowest depressionHealth · 633 towns #380#565 Most trailsOutdoors · 430 towns #387#270 Best schoolsSchools · 488 towns #341#466 Most remote workersWork · 598 towns #379#504 Lowest obesityHealth · 633 towns #610#480 Cheapest rentCost of living · 626 towns #42#164

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Perry’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

PerrySpringfield

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 43°F

July high90°F 91°F

Growing season (days)267d 301d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)88th 93rd

Outdoors & history

PerrySpringfield

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land1.2%0.8%

Settled—1935

National Register places3 —

Archive photos10 —

Famous people born here6 —

Community

PerrySpringfield

Library hours a week45 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

121 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PerryFL SpringfieldFL

Perry ↔ Springfield121 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Florida average

PerrySpringfield

People

Population 7,068Lowest 8,230Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.7%Highest FL: +14.6% -9.3%Lowest FL: +14.6%

Median age 36.1±5.8Lowest 15% below FL 38±1.8Highest 11% below FL

Springfield and Perry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 27.9%±5.8Highest FL: 19.5% 20%±3.9Lowest FL: 19.5%

Perry and Springfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 17.8%±3.5Highest FL: 21.3% 17.7%±3.4Lowest FL: 21.3%

Perry and Springfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.3%Highest FL: 34.1% 15.5%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.9Lowest FL: 6.1% 4.8%±2.2Highest FL: 6.1%

Springfield and Perry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $40,898±$8kLowest 45% below FL $54,462±$13kHighest 27% below FL

Springfield and Perry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $150,500±$28kLowest 58% below FL $188,600±$23kHighest 47% below FL

Springfield and Perry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $986±$79Lowest 41% below FL $1,307±$171Highest 22% below FL

Property taxmedian, yearly $755Lowest 72% below FL $990Highest 64% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.9%±18.1Highest FL: 60.1% 59.4%±14.5Lowest FL: 60.1%

Perry and Springfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 18.9%Lowest FL: 12.6% 22.3%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.5%Lowest FL: 67.6% 62%Highest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Lowest 10 yrs older than FL 1988Highest same as FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 42% below FL 23 minHighest 18% below FL

Work from home 11.5%±8.6Highest FL: 15.7% 7.2%±3.9Lowest FL: 15.7%

Perry and Springfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 28.7%Highest 3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.8 miHighest 5.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Highest 0.38Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Tallahassee (14%)Panama City (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SpringfieldFew work in Perry

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miLowest 1.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 62.7Lowest 78.7Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #341 of 488 in FL #466 of 488 in FL

School district TAYLORBAY

High school in town Taylor County High SchoolRutherford High School

Students per teacherat that high school 20.6Highest 17.4Lowest

Florida average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Perry vs Springfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Springfield

Perry places higher on 13 of 21 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

121 miles apart

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