Holmes County Has Fallen Off in Real Estate Ownership by 3.8%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Holmes County, FL

The 2010 Census reports Holmes County, Florida decreased in number of total housing units by 643, or 8%, (since the 2000), while the State of Florida increased in total real estate dwellings by 1,686,633, or 19%.

Measured against the United States, Holmes County has a low amount of unoccupied real estate units. 1,287, or 14.9%, are currently vacant in Holmes County, Florida. Of these 1,287 unoccupied units, 8.2% are listed to be sold, while 18.3% are properties that are available for rent.

Between 2000 and 2010, owner-occupied units in Holmes County have decreased by 3.8%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 5,710 (77.6%) housing units occupied by owners, while 1,644 (22.4%) residential properties were being rented. Holmes County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Florida, which saw 32.6% of the housing units occupied by renters.

Compared to counties in the US, Holmes County has a medium level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 5.5% of housing units are owned by minorities in Holmes County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Florida 27.0% of homes are owned by minorities.

Black is the group that rents the most often in Holmes County. 43.3% the Black 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 Holmes County, Florida, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 59 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Holmes County, FL

In Holmes County, Florida, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 59 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 35 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 16 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 18 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the limitedservice eating places industry has added the most employment with 80 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in limitedservice eating places makes up 31.5% percent of the total number of new jobs in Holmes County, Florida between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Limitedservice eating places (+80)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (+42)
3. Grocery stores (+42)
4. Offices of dentists (+16)
5. Building equipment contractors (+15)

The child day care services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 74 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in child day care services make up 18.9% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Holmes County, Florida between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Child day care services (-74)
2. Building finishing contractors (-67)
3. General freight trucking (-62)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (-32)
5. Gasoline stations (-29)

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