19,876 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.6% since 2020)
479 square miles of land · 42 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.
7 active community water systems list Holmes County in the area they serve, reporting 4,898 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BONIFAY, CITY OF W/S groundwater · local government · FL1300083 | 2,759 served |
| PONCE DE LEON, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · FL1304034 | 850 served |
| ESTO, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · FL1300247 | 360 served |
| NORTHWEST FLORIDA WATER SYSTEM, INC. groundwater · private · FL1300214 | 312 served |
| WESTVILLE, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · FL1304033 | 298 served |
| NOMA WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · FL1300498 | 242 served |
| TEEN CHALLENGE WEST FLORIDA groundwater · private · FL1302006 | 77 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 156 people were held in Holmes County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 156.
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 Holmes County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $40.5 million — $38 million to run schools, about $11,741 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $24.3 million state, $9.5 million federal.
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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Holmes County about $14.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
156 bridges in Holmes County: 50 in good condition, 77 fair, and 29 poor (18.6%). “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.
| CR 177 over Ten Mile Creek · built 1977 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| CR 183A over Sandy Creek · built 1956 | 350 vehicles a day |
| CR 160 over Fowler Branch · built 1968 | 200 vehicles a day |
| Hathaway Mill Road over Hathaway Mill Creek · built 1972 | 91 vehicles a day |
| Woodham/Spruce Rd over Holmes Creek Relief · built 1976 | 79 vehicles a day |
| Valee Road over Little Reedy Creek · built 1965 | 66 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $15 million of work in Holmes County in fiscal 2025, about $762 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Holmes County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Holmes County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Geneva County, AL (16 mi) · Washington County (20 mi) · Walton County (29 mi) · Jackson County (36 mi) · Houston County, AL (37 mi) · Coffee County, AL (39 mi).