136,744 people (2024 Census estimate, +17.9% since 2020)
486 square miles of land · 281 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
10 active community water systems list Flagler County in the area they serve, reporting 132,066 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF PALM COAST UTILITY groundwater · private · FL2180863 | 112,324 served |
| DUNES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT groundwater · private · FL2184259 | 5,054 served |
| FLAGLER BEACH WTP groundwater · local government · FL2180349 | 4,830 served |
| FGUA - PLANTATION BAY WTP groundwater · private · FL2184251 | 3,522 served |
| BUNNELL WATER PLANT groundwater · local government · FL2180134 | 3,507 served |
| BEVERLY BEACH WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · FL2180002 | 1,413 served |
| BULOW PLANTATION groundwater · private · FL2180132 | 1,000 served |
| EAGLE LAKES WTP groundwater · local government · FL2184268 | 231 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 223 people were held in Flagler County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 204.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Flagler County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $170.1 million — $143.4 million to run schools, about $10,757 per student, plus $20.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $111.3 million local (mostly property tax), $51.3 million state, $21.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $35.7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Flagler County about $41.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
105 bridges in Flagler County: 60 in good condition, 43 fair, and 2 poor (1.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| Palm Harbor Pkwy over Crandal Waterway · built 1970 | 6,500 vehicles a day |
| Rymfire Dr over Rippling Waterway · built 1970 | 4,100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.6 million of work in Flagler County in fiscal 2025, about $144 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Vote-by-mail request due by 5 pm: 2026-10-22. Early voting — the statewide minimum: 2026-10-24 to 2026-10-31. Election Day — and mail ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03.
Source: Florida Division of Elections — election dates · WPTV, 2026 deadlines · Florida Division of Elections — early voting
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Nearby counties: Putnam County (28 mi) · St. Johns County (29 mi) · Volusia County (30 mi) · Marion County (49 mi) · Clay County (50 mi) · Seminole County (55 mi).