MOVING TO FLAGLER
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Community: Flagler Beach is the closest I-95 exit
to Florida’s Atlantic coast. The quaint seaside
village’s laidback, easy charm comes from its wide,
pet-friendly cinnamon beaches, surfer-quality waves
and friendly locals that wave as you pass.
You won’t find high-rise hotels in Flagler Beach.
Instead,hotels here have history and a peaceful,
eco-friendly old Florida charm, the perfect
ingredients to create memories of your own.
Nominated by Budget Travel Magazine as one of
“America’s Coolest Small Towns,” Flagler Beach’s
pet-friendly parks and beaches mean the whole
family can get away. The town’s vibe is casual and
retro with one-of-a-kind shops, restaurants and
lodging options that have allowed the community to
retain its charm across generations.
A Little History: This once-sleepy fishing village
was called Ocean City, before becoming Flagler
Beach in 1925. The city recently celebrated its 90th
birthday. For 50 years, the Flagler Beach Hotel reigned
as the community’s social hub until it was demolished
in the early 1970s. A majestic three-story building
with a fourth floor penthouse ballroom, the grand
hotel was a go-to destination for events and
illustrious guests including pilot Charles Lindberg.
Lindberg stayed there two nights in 1931 after making
an unscheduled landing due to bad weather. When he
was able to continue his journey from Miami to New
York, Lindberg dipped his plane’s wing over the pier
to show his gratitude for the hospitality he received.
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Community: The City of Bunnell was originally
founded as “Bunnell Colony” and was officially
incorporated as a town in 1913 and as a city in 1924.
Between 2005 and 2007, Bunnell annexed more than
92,000 acres of land, increasing its size from four
square miles to 141 square miles, making it one of
the largest cities in Florida. Bunnell is the Flagler
County Seat.
One of the oldest towns on Florida’s East Coast,
Bunnell hosts special events like the Bunnell
Bonanza, the Flagler County Fair and the Brian Earl
Foster Invitational Bull Riding event.
A Little History: Bunnell’s roots date back to 1909
when Isaac I. Moody, Jr. and James Frank Lambert
purchased 30,000 acres of land from Georgia Senator
George Deen and chartered the Bunnell Development
Company. The town’s earliest designation was “the
Bunnell Stop” on the area’s first rail route, named
after Alvah Bunnell’s cypress shingle mill that
supplied wood to passing locomotives. Real estate
promoters pushed development of the area bringing
in prospective buyers by train from Chicago and
points north. A community rich in “Old Florida”
history, Bunnell is still loyal to its founding values of
community, family and farming.
FLAGLER COUNTY POPULATION
demographics
Source: Applied Geographic Solutions, 2018. Next US Census Data in 2020.
TOTAL POPULATION
Male 53,633 Female 57,930
48.07% 51.93%
AGE DISTRIBUTION
0-4 4,552 5-9 5,169 10-19 11,473
20-29 10,685 30-39 10,368 40-49 11,870
50-59 14,699 60-64 8,874 65+ 33,873
4.08% 4.63% 10.28%
9.58% 9.29% 10.64%
13.18% 7.95% 30.36%
ETHNICITY DISTRIBUTION
White 83,362 Black 11,784 American Indian 242
Asian 2,807 Pacific Island 50 Other 171
74.72% 10.56% 0.22%
2.52% 0.04% 0.15%
Multirace 1,829 Hispanic 11,320
1.64% 10.15%
SIZE OF HOUSEHOLD
1 Person 9,380 2 Persons 19,093 3 Persons 6,834
4 Persons 5,003 5 Persons 2,446 6+ Persons 949
21.22% 43.20% 15.46%
11.32% 5.53% 2.15%
TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS
Households 44,196 Families 32,102
100% 72.64%
TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSINGS
Total Dwellings 51,076
Owner-Occupied Dwellings 33,550
100% 75.91%
Renter-Occupied Dwellings 10,646 Housing Units Occupied 44,196
24.09% 86.53%
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
< Grade 9 2,061
Grade 9-12 5,365
2.42% 6.31%
High School 28,831 College 20,694
33.89% 24.33%
Associate Degree 7,863
Bachelor Degree 12,871
9.24% 15.13%
Graduate Degree 7,375
8.67%
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