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Florida Freedom Map

Compare all 67 Florida counties for tiny homes, RV living, off-grid living, homesteading, land affordability, solar, broadband, climate, public land, and county-rule research.

County profiles67
Regions7
Verified profiles0
Top score80

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Alachua County: Freedom Score 54Baker County: Freedom Score 55Bay County: Freedom Score 58Bradford County: Freedom Score 59Brevard County: Freedom Score 57Broward County: Freedom Score 29Calhoun County: Freedom Score 80Charlotte County: Freedom Score 57Citrus County: Freedom Score 58Clay County: Freedom Score 56Collier County: Freedom Score 42Columbia County: Freedom Score 56DeSoto County: Freedom Score 57Dixie County: Freedom Score 70Duval County: Freedom Score 39Escambia County: Freedom Score 58Flagler County: Freedom Score 56Franklin County: Freedom Score 62Gadsden County: Freedom Score 59Gilchrist County: Freedom Score 58Glades County: Freedom Score 70Gulf County: Freedom Score 63Hamilton County: Freedom Score 77Hardee County: Freedom Score 58Hendry County: Freedom Score 68Hernando County: Freedom Score 57Highlands County: Freedom Score 57Hillsborough County: Freedom Score 35Holmes County: Freedom Score 70Indian River County: Freedom Score 57Jackson County: Freedom Score 67Jefferson County: Freedom Score 60Lafayette County: Freedom Score 79Lake County: Freedom Score 57Lee County: Freedom Score 40Leon County: Freedom Score 56Levy County: Freedom Score 70Liberty County: Freedom Score 79Madison County: Freedom Score 78Manatee County: Freedom Score 57Marion County: Freedom Score 57Martin County: Freedom Score 57Miami-Dade County: Freedom Score 30Monroe County: Freedom Score 33Nassau County: Freedom Score 60Okaloosa County: Freedom Score 58Okeechobee County: Freedom Score 56Orange County: Freedom Score 35Osceola County: Freedom Score 57Palm Beach County: Freedom Score 30Pasco County: Freedom Score 56Pinellas County: Freedom Score 31Polk County: Freedom Score 57Putnam County: Freedom Score 57Santa Rosa County: Freedom Score 58Sarasota County: Freedom Score 41Seminole County: Freedom Score 57St. Johns County: Freedom Score 57St. Lucie County: Freedom Score 55Sumter County: Freedom Score 57Suwannee County: Freedom Score 64Taylor County: Freedom Score 73Union County: Freedom Score 58Volusia County: Freedom Score 56Wakulla County: Freedom Score 56Walton County: Freedom Score 59Washington County: Freedom Score 59
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A sourced discovery dataset for Florida counties, rural land screening, RV and tiny-home research, solar-heavy off-grid questions, county and municipal permitting, floodplain, wetlands, onsite sewage, wells, storm exposure, coastal constraints, HOAs, and parcel-level due diligence, with direct office confirmation still pending. These pages use the same county template, scoring model, and source-first workflow as Colorado.

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Florida County Rankings

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Florida Counties By Lifestyle Goal

Start with a use case, compare the top county-level candidates, then move into parcel-level zoning, water, septic, access, and covenant research.

Tiny

Best For Tiny Home Research

4/5

County-level candidates where tiny-home research starts with stronger alternative-housing scores, rural land context, and source coverage.

Top starts: Calhoun, Lafayette, Liberty

RV

Best For RV Living Research

4/5

Counties worth comparing for RV occupancy, temporary use, sanitation, access, construction, and covenant questions.

Top starts: Calhoun, Lafayette, Liberty

Off grid

Best For Off-Grid Living

4/5

Stronger off-grid discovery candidates based on rural density, land affordability, solar, public land, water, septic, and county-rule research.

Top starts: Calhoun, Lafayette, Liberty

Land

Cheapest Rural Land

98/100

Lower price-per-acre counties that still need practical screening for water, septic, roads, covenants, access, and total development cost.

Top starts: Holmes, Liberty, Calhoun

Public

Best Public Land Access

1.9M

Counties with major public-land acreage and recreation signals, balanced against private parcel access and buildability constraints.

Top starts: Monroe, Miami-Dade, Collier

Overall

Highest Freedom Scores

80

The broadest starting point for comparing counties across lifestyle scores, land affordability, taxes, solar, broadband, and public land.

Top starts: Calhoun, Lafayette, Liberty

Research guides

Florida Lifestyle Research Paths

Use these guides to translate county rankings into practical due-diligence checklists for your intended housing and land-use plan.

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County Profiles

#1

Calhoun County

Florida Panhandle

80
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
84
Partially sourced#2

Lafayette County

North Florida and Big Bend

79
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
73
Partially sourced#3

Liberty County

Florida Panhandle

79
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
86
Partially sourced#4

Madison County

North Florida and Big Bend

78
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
78
Partially sourced#5

Hamilton County

North Florida and Big Bend

77
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
56
Partially sourced#6

Taylor County

North Florida and Big Bend

73
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
38
Partially sourced#7

Dixie County

North Florida and Big Bend

70
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#8

Glades County

Southwest Florida and Inland Prairie

70
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#9

Holmes County

Florida Panhandle

70
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
98
Partially sourced#10

Levy County

North Florida and Big Bend

70
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#11

Hendry County

Southwest Florida and Inland Prairie

68
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#12

Jackson County

Florida Panhandle

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
73
Partially sourced#13

Suwannee County

North Florida and Big Bend

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
64
Partially sourced#14

Gulf County

Florida Panhandle

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#15

Franklin County

Florida Panhandle

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#16

Jefferson County

Florida Panhandle

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#17

Nassau County

Northeast Florida and First Coast

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
47
Partially sourced#18

Bradford County

North Florida and Big Bend

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#19

Gadsden County

Florida Panhandle

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
33
Partially sourced#20

Walton County

Florida Panhandle

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#21

Washington County

Florida Panhandle

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#22

Bay County

Florida Panhandle

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#23

Citrus County

Central Florida

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#24

Escambia County

Florida Panhandle

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#25

Gilchrist County

North Florida and Big Bend

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#26

Hardee County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#27

Okaloosa County

Florida Panhandle

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#28

Santa Rosa County

Florida Panhandle

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#29

Union County

North Florida and Big Bend

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#30

Brevard County

Central Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#31

Charlotte County

Southwest Florida and Inland Prairie

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#32

DeSoto County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#33

Hernando County

Central Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#34

Highlands County

Southwest Florida and Inland Prairie

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#35

Indian River County

Atlantic Coast and South Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#36

Lake County

Central Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#37

Manatee County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#38

Marion County

Central Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#39

Martin County

Atlantic Coast and South Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#40

Osceola County

Central Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#41

Polk County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#42

Putnam County

Northeast Florida and First Coast

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#43

Seminole County

Central Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#44

St. Johns County

Northeast Florida and First Coast

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#45

Sumter County

Central Florida

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#46

Clay County

Northeast Florida and First Coast

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#47

Columbia County

North Florida and Big Bend

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#48

Flagler County

Northeast Florida and First Coast

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#49

Leon County

Florida Panhandle

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#50

Okeechobee County

Southwest Florida and Inland Prairie

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#51

Pasco County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#52

Volusia County

Northeast Florida and First Coast

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#53

Wakulla County

Florida Panhandle

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#54

Baker County

North Florida and Big Bend

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#55

St. Lucie County

Atlantic Coast and South Florida

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#56

Alachua County

North Florida and Big Bend

54
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#57

Collier County

Southwest Florida and Inland Prairie

42
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#58

Sarasota County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

41
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#59

Lee County

Southwest Florida and Inland Prairie

40
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#60

Duval County

Northeast Florida and First Coast

39
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#61

Hillsborough County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

35
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#62

Orange County

Central Florida

35
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#63

Monroe County

Atlantic Coast and South Florida

33
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#64

Pinellas County

Tampa Bay and Central Gulf

31
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#65

Miami-Dade County

Atlantic Coast and South Florida

30
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#66

Palm Beach County

Atlantic Coast and South Florida

30
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#67

Broward County

Atlantic Coast and South Florida

29
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced

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