Bradford County Has Fallen Off in Residential Real Estate Ownership by 2.6%, From 2000 to 2010, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Bradford County, FL

The 2010 Census reports Bradford County, Florida decreased in total number housing units by 1,406, or 15%, (since the 2000 census), during the same time, the State of Florida increased in total housing units by 1,686,633, or 19%.

Measured against the United States, Bradford County has a medium level of vacancy in residential real estate. 1,532, or 13.9%, are currently vacant in Bradford County, Florida. Broken down, of the 1,532 unoccupied properties, 12.9% are on the real estate market to be sold, while 27.8% are trying to be rented.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Bradford County have decreased by 2.6%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 7,235 (76.3%) housing units occupied by owners, while 2,244 (23.7%) housing units were leased. Bradford County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Florida, which reportedly saw 32.6% of the housing units occupied by renters.

Compared to counties in the US, Bradford County has a high level of owner-occupied units that are owned by minorities. 13.7% are minority-owned in Bradford County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Florida 27.0% of homes are owned by minorities.

Hispanic is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Bradford County. 47.4% the Hispanic Census group reported renting in the 2010 Census.

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 Bradford County, Florida, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 21 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Bradford County, FL

In Bradford County, Florida, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 21 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Out of the 53 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 23 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 27 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the limitedservice eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 186 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in limitedservice eating places makes up 21.0% percent of the total number of new jobs in Bradford County, Florida for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Limitedservice eating places (+186)
2. Grocery stores (+121)
3. Residential building construction (+92)
4. Building equipment contractors (+84)
5. Fullservice restaurants (+74)

The executive, legislative and general government industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 229 jobs. The declines in executive, legislative and general government make up 26.3% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bradford County, Florida between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Executive, legislative and general government (-229)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (-138)
3. Other general merchandise stores (-108)
4. Administration of human resource programs (-50)
5. Logging (-45)

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