Living in Sneads, FL
Sneads is a small town of 1,771 people in Jackson County, Florida. It's about 44 miles from Tallahassee, FL and 196 miles from Jacksonville, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 62°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $111k and rent runs about $831 a month.
1,771people
$111kTypical home
$831/moRent
92° / 62°Summer / winter
0"Snow
267Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,771
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 402 people per sq mi
- 196 mi to Jacksonville, FL
- 44 mi to Tallahassee, FL
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $111k (≈$702/mo)
- Median rent $831/mo
- Median household income $39k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 72°F)
- 267 sunny days a year (117 totally clear)
- 98 cloudy days a year
- 31 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (189 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,411 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 30% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to TLH airport
- 135 mi to PNS (major hub)
- 137 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 49% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 135 ft
- 47 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 47 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 43% of Florida districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 41 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 28 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jackson County: R+46 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk