Baker County Has Fallen Off in Housing Ownership by 3.6%, Since 2000

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Baker County, FL

The recent 2010 Census Bureau reports Baker County, Florida decreased in number of dwellings by 2,095, or 28%, (since the 2000), while the State of Florida increased in total housing units by 1,686,633, or 19%.

When Measured against the US, Baker County has a low amount of unoccupied residential properties. 915, or 9.4%, of residential units are vacant in Baker County, Florida. Broken down, of the 915 vacant housing units, 15.6% are listed to be sold, while 22.5% are reported as being listed for rented.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Baker County have decreased by 3.6%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 6,813 (77.7%) owner-occupied units, while 1,959 (22.3%) residential properties were being rented. Baker County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Florida, which the Census reported had 32.6% of units occupied by renters.

Compared to counties across the US, Baker County has a medium level of residential housing units that are owned by minorities. 10.0% are minority-owned in Baker County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Florida 27.0% of housing units are minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Baker County. 100.0% the Native Hawaiian Census group occupies a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Baker County, Florida, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 207 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Baker County, FL

In Baker County, Florida, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 207 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

From the 46 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 23 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 23 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the fullservice restaurants industry has grown the most with 114 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in fullservice restaurants makes up 20.1% percent of the total number of new jobs in Baker County, Florida for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Fullservice restaurants (+114)
2. Gasoline stations (+59)
3. Wired telecommunications carriers (+47)
4. Child day care services (+46)
5. General freight trucking (+45)

The grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 243 jobs. The declines in grocery stores make up 21.5% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Baker County, Florida between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Grocery stores (-243)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (-234)
3. Limitedservice eating places (-96)
4. Depository credit intermediation (-82)
5. Administration of human resource programs (-74)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).