City safety & data profile

WrightFL

Wright, FL is a 23K-resident city in Okaloosa County with a median household income of $70,195.

Okaloosa County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Wright, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Wright has a population larger than 51% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $306,100.

Data updated 2026-09-04

23K
Population (place)
Top 49%
By size
$70,195
Median income (place)
$306,100
Median home (place)
16.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Wright

Wright posts a median household income higher than 37% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 38%
by median income, US cities

Where Wright income ranks nationally

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

$70,195 Bottom 37% higher than 37% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Wright $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 Wright, FL beyond the headline numbers

Wright sits inside Okaloosa County, Florida, at roughly 30.46°N, -86.64°W. Population 23,127, $70,195 median household income. Median home value $306,100, median rent $1,621. Poverty rate 16.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

16.7% of Wright, FL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Wright runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 5% of Wright 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, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 15.9% in Wright, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Wright's median age is 34.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Wright 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)
23,127
Wright · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$70,195
-21% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$306,100
-26% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Okaloosa County): Wright'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
217K+17%
Median Income
$81,998+50%
Median Home Value
$351,200+93%
Poverty Rate
9.3%-31%
Unemployment
3.4%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Wright, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,621/mo
Poverty Rate
16.7% +35% vs avg
Unemployment 3.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.3%
Work From Home 5%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 57%
African American 14.5%
Asian 5%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.1%
Obesity
32.8%
High Blood Pressure
32.6%
Physical Inactivity
26.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.3%
Binge Drinking
17%
Lack of Health Insurance
15.9%
Current Smoking
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.3%
Diabetes
11.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.9%
Annual Checkup 74.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.2%
Stroke
3.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Wright?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-WRIGHT · Wright

Wright: 4 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • MIX-LED 75% ca-weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Wright

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Wright.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Wright; 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 (4 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 Wright, FL?
Wright, FL has a population of 23,127 people, located in Okaloosa County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Wright?
The median household income in Wright, FL is $70,195 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.7%.
What is the median home value in Wright?
The median home value in Wright, FL is $306,100. Median rent is $1,621/month.
What are the top health concerns in Wright?
The top health indicators in Wright include Short Sleep Duration (39.1%), Obesity (32.8%), High Blood Pressure (32.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Wright?
The median age in Wright, FL is 34.4 years. 28.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (16.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($70,195 here).

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Using Wright'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 Wright area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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 (Okaloosa 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.