Bonifay is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,787 people and five associated neighborhoods, Bonifay is the 350th largest community in Florida.Bonifay is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bonifay is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bonifay who work in food service (20.50%), healthcare (15.69%), and legal occupations (8.93%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.67% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bonifay has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bonifay a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small city, Bonifay doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Bonifay is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.91% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Bonifay in 2022 was $19,419, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,676 for a family of four. Bonifay also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.96% of its population below the federal poverty line.Bonifay is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bonifay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bonifay residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bonifay include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scandinavian. The most common language spoken in Bonifay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
