City safety & data profile

CallawayFL

Callaway, FL is a 14K-resident city in Bay County with a median household income of $65,609.

Bay County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Callaway, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Callaway has a population larger than 25% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $250,300.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 26%
By size
$65,609
Median income (place)
$250,300
Median home (place)
9.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Callaway

Callaway posts a median household income higher than 30% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 31%
by median income, US cities

Where Callaway income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$65,609 Bottom 30% higher than 30% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Callaway $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Callaway, FL beyond the headline numbers

Callaway sits inside Bay County, Florida, at roughly 30.15°N, -85.57°W. Population 14,405, $65,609 median household income. Median home value $250,300, median rent $1,322. Poverty rate 9.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 9.6%, poverty in Callaway, FL runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Callaway costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 7.1% of Callaway workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4% in Callaway, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Callaway workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Callaway's median age is 35.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Callaway from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
14,405
Callaway · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$65,609
-27% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$250,300
-39% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Bay County): Callaway's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
186K+9%
Median Income
$73,533+55%
Median Home Value
$310,500+97%
Poverty Rate
11.9%-19%
Unemployment
3.8%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for Callaway, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,322/mo
Poverty Rate
9.6% -23% vs avg
Unemployment 3.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.6%
Work From Home 7.1%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 59.2%
African American 20.5%
Asian 4.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.3%
High Blood Pressure
38.5%
Obesity
34.3%
Physical Inactivity
27.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.8%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Current Smoking
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.4%
Diabetes
12.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.2%
Annual Checkup 75.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Callaway?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Callaway right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-CALLAWAY · Callaway

Callaway: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Callaway

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Callaway.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Callaway; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Callaway, FL?
Callaway, FL has a population of 14,405 people, located in Bay County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Callaway?
The median household income in Callaway, FL is $65,609 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.6%.
What is the median home value in Callaway?
The median home value in Callaway, FL is $250,300. Median rent is $1,322/month.
What are the top health concerns in Callaway?
The top health indicators in Callaway include Short Sleep Duration (41.3%), High Blood Pressure (38.5%), Obesity (34.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Callaway?
The median age in Callaway, FL is 35.2 years. 24.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Callaway, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (9.6% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($65,609 here).

Compare Callaway with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Callaway's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Callaway area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Bay County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.