Bonifay vs Ponce de Leon

A side-by-side comparison of Bonifay and Ponce de Leon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonifay and Ponce de Leon are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bonifay has the higher population (2,782 vs 738 in Ponce de Leon). Ponce de Leon has the higher median household income ($52,250 vs $39,630 in Bonifay). Bonifay has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $107,100 in Ponce de Leon).

Population, income & housing

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
Population	2,782	738
Median age	39.3 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,630	$52,250
Median home value	$116,000	$107,100
Median gross rent	$881	$919
Housing units	1,416	268
Homeownership rate	51.8%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
Population	2,675 → 2,782 (+4.0%)	498 → 738 (+48.2%)
Median household income	$36,705 → $39,630 (+8.0%)	$31,500 → $52,250 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $116,000 (+7.8%)	$81,500 → $107,100 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $881 (+16.5%)	$730 → $919 (+25.9%)

Bonifay

Population

2,6752,782

Median household income

$36,705$39,630

Median home value

$107,600$116,000

Median gross rent

$756$881

Ponce de Leon

Population

498738

Median household income

$31,500$52,250

Median home value

$81,500$107,100

Median gross rent

$730$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	16.5%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	8.1%
75 and over	13.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	98.8%
Black or African American	18.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
No high school diploma	13.9%	17.6%
High school graduate	46.5%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
Drove alone	94.5%	92.0%
Carpooled	1.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
1-unit, detached	57.0%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Bonifay	Ponce de Leon
Poverty rate	25.1%	14.0%
Average household size	2.16	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1973	1987