Santa Rosa County Has Fallen Off in Terms of Ownership of Real Estate by 4.0%, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Santa Rosa County, FL

According to data from the 2010 Census, Santa Rosa County, Florida decreased in number of total housing units by 15,641, or 32%, since 2000. During the same period, the State of Florida increased in total real estate dwellings by 1,686,633, or 19%.

Measured against the United States, Santa Rosa County has a high level of vacancy in residential housing. 7,850, or 12.1%, are reported as unoccupied units in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Of the 7,850 unoccupied properties, 16.8% are listed to be sold, while 29.0% are listed for lease.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Santa Rosa County have decreased by 4.0%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 43,453 (76.4%) owner-occupied residential properties, while there were 13,457 (23.6%) housing units were being rented. Santa Rosa County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Florida, which the Census reported had 32.6% of units rented.

When compared to other counties across the US, Santa Rosa County has a medium level of housing units that are minority-owned. 9.5% are minority-owned in Santa Rosa County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Florida 27.0% of residential housing units are owned by minorities.

Native Hawaiian is the group with the highest percent of rental in Santa Rosa County. 40.6% the Native Hawaiian 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 Santa Rosa County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,183 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Santa Rosa County, FL

In Santa Rosa County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,183 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 148 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 63 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 83 industries reported a drop in employment.

The wired telecommunications carriers industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,034 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in wired telecommunications carriers makes up 20.3% percent of the total growth in Santa Rosa County, Florida between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Wired telecommunications carriers (+1034)
2. Facilities support services (+706)
3. Limitedservice eating places (+522)
4. Traveler accommodation (+233)
5. Nursing care facilities (+199)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the general medical and surgical hospitals industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 930 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in general medical and surgical hospitals make up 15.5% percent of the total employment decline in Santa Rosa County, Florida between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (-930)
2. Residential building construction (-574)
3. Building equipment contractors (-463)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (-313)
5. Building finishing contractors (-284)

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