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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Defuniak Springs

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 342 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Defuniak Springs · Walton County · Florida · United States
−2.2 pp since 2014
Defuniak Springs Walton County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Defuniak Springs
16.7%
Florida
34.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Defuniak Springs · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 16.7% · 2024
First value 21.1% · 2013
Highest 21.6% · 2016
Lowest 15.5% · 2020
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearDefuniak SpringsChange Walton CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 16.7% +0.2 pp 35.0% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 16.5% +0.5 pp 34.2% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 16.1% +0.2 pp 33.1% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 15.9% +0.4 pp 32.5% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 15.5% −2.1 pp 30.0% 30.5% —
2019estimate 17.6% −1.2 pp 28.5% 29.9% —
2018estimate 18.7% +0.1 pp 28.4% 29.2% —
2017estimate 18.6% −3.0 pp 26.7% 28.5% —
2016estimate 21.6% +1.6 pp 26.3% 27.9% —
2015estimate 20.0% +1.1 pp 25.9% 27.3% —
2014estimate 18.9% −2.2 pp 25.1% 26.8% —
2013estimate 21.1% 24.1% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
1 Golden Beach 76.5%
2 Key Biscayne 73.3%
3 Sea Ranch Lakes 72.8%
4 South Beach 71.3%
5 Indian River Shores 70.7%
6 Palm Beach 67.9%
7 Coral Gables 66.7%
8 Pinecrest 66.4%
9 Highland Beach 66.3%
10 Surfside 65.7%
11 Longboat Key 64.5%
12 Atlantis 63.3%
13 Weston 63.0%
14 Tierra Verde 62.9%
15 Parkland 61.8%
16 Wabasso Beach 61.6%
17 Bal Harbour 61.5%
18 Sewall's Point 61.4%
19 South Palm Beach 61.4%
20 Sawgrass 61.1%
21 Sanibel 61.1%
22 Juno Beach 61.0%
23 Navarre Beach 60.8%
24 Belleair Beach 59.3%
25 Nocatee 59.2%
…
297 Spring Hill 17.9%
298 Gibsonton 17.8%
299 Holly Hill 17.6%
300 Defuniak Springs 17.6%
301 North Lauderdale 17.4%
302 Dade City 17.2%
303 South Miami Heights 16.9%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.