Dixie County vs Holmes County

A side-by-side comparison of Dixie County and Holmes County: population, income, housing, and more.

Dixie County and Holmes County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holmes County has the higher population (19,626 vs 16,952 in Dixie County). Holmes County has the higher median household income ($48,236 vs $47,655 in Dixie County). Holmes County has the higher median home value ($101,400 vs $96,900 in Dixie County).

Population, income & housing

	Dixie County	Holmes County
Population	16,952	19,626
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,655	$48,236
Median home value	$96,900	$101,400
Median gross rent	$792	$823
Housing units	9,365	8,642
Homeownership rate	83.8%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixie County	Holmes County
Population	16,589 → 16,952 (+2.2%)	19,432 → 19,626 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$39,828 → $47,655 (+19.7%)	$39,102 → $48,236 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $96,900 (+23.4%)	$92,700 → $101,400 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $792 (+25.5%)	$703 → $823 (+17.1%)

Dixie County

Population

16,58916,952

Median household income

$39,828$47,655

Median home value

$78,500$96,900

Median gross rent

$631$792

Holmes County

Population

19,43219,626

Median household income

$39,102$48,236

Median home value

$92,700$101,400

Median gross rent

$703$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixie County	Holmes County
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.6%
75 and over	9.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixie County	Holmes County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixie County	Holmes County
No high school diploma	17.7%	15.8%
High school graduate	49.9%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixie County	Holmes County
Drove alone	74.1%	87.1%
Carpooled	16.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixie County	Holmes County
1-unit, detached	43.3%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	38.2%

Poverty & households

	Dixie County	Holmes County
Poverty rate	19.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1988	1983