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A town of 1,771, settled in 1894. A typical home worth about $159K.

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Population
1,771
−8.1% since 2010
Typical home
$159K
+0.9% in a year
Household income
$39K
median
Median age
32.2
years
Jobs based here
231
A commuter town

What makes Sneads stand out

The 2 things Sneads does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
A commuter town

96% of working residents leave Sneads for work

Where Sneads’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

16% → Marianna Marianna 16% 14% → Chattahoochee Chattahoochee 14% 4% → Tallahassee Tallahassee 4% 3% → Panama City Panama City 3% 2% → Jacksonville Jacksonville 2% 2% → Blountstown Blountstown 2% Sneads · 4% stay
231jobs based in Sneads
4%of working residents work in town
26 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Sneads’s report card

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The data

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Housing

A typical Sneads home is worth about $159K

The typical Sneads home is worth about $159,000, up 0.9% in a year, 58% below the Florida typical home.

$159KZillow home value

Typical home value

Sneads$159K
Florida$376K
+0.9%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Health

Healthier than 10% of U.S. towns

Sneads beats the Florida average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 17.

DHealth Grade
26 measures vs. Florida
0 better9 too close to call17 worse
What stands outSneadsFL
More adults with COPD11.7%7.2%
More smokers19.6%12.4%
More adults who have had a stroke5.3%3.8%
Jackson Hospital
20.6 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: dental, mental health
10th
percentile among FL towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Very high risk, with hurricanes at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 82% of U.S. communities.

82risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
82Very high riskLowerHigher
HurricanesInland floodingCold waves
1
paid flood claims since 1998
5
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Sneads

Most working residents leave Sneads for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Marianna (16%), Chattahoochee (14%) and Tallahassee (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

4%work in town

Where working residents work

In Sneads4%
Marianna16%
Chattahoochee14%
Tallahassee4%
Panama City3%
26 mi
median commute distance
231
jobs based in Sneads
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Sneads has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 40°.

92°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter41–65°
Spring55–80°
Summer71–91°
Fall57–80°
Nov 27
typical first frost
Mar 1
typical last frost
+0.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
92°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Safety

Crime reported in Sneads

Sneads's reported crime rate is well below Florida's. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2022.

Violent crime per 1,000 residents

Sneads1.7
Florida3.2
U.S.4

Property crime per 1,000 residents

Sneads2.3
Florida14.5
U.S.20
3
violent crimes reported in 2022
4
property crimes reported in 2022
FBI crime data, 2022 · crimes reported to policeFull safety report →
Schools

Sneads’s public schools outperform 56% of Florida districts

The public schools Sneads’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 56% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BSchool Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Sneads Elementary SchoolPK–4574A
Sneads High School9–12340C+
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduationAll 2 schools →
Outdoors

0% of Sneads is conserved land

1.6 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
Map of Sneads: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0%
conserved · 0 of 2,953 acres
1.6 mi
of trails · 0.3 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Adam Tucker Wilson Memorial Park—52
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
FGA crossing of CR 286
2025 · FGA crossing of CR 286 · Wikimedia Commons
Sneads’s story

132 years in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

FLMap-doton-SneadsJackson CR286 NB at Old Spanish TrailNB Jackson CR286 at US90
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About Sneads

Town in the state of Florida, United States

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Sneads is a town in Jackson County, Florida, United States, in the Florida panhandle of North Florida. The population was 1,849 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1894
Population
1,699
Area
4.6 sq mi
Elevation
118 ft
ZIP code
32460
Area code
850

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