Bonifay, Florida Bonifay, Florida Location in Holmes County and the state of Florida Location in Holmes County and the state of Florida Bonifay, Florida is positioned in the US Bonifay, Florida - Bonifay, Florida Location in the United States State Florida Bonifay is a town/city in Holmes County, Florida, United States.
Bonifay was given its name from a prominent family that had a brick making factory in Pensacola, Florida.
According to the 2010 U.S Enumeration the populace had diminished to 2,793 citizens . It is the governmental center of county of Holmes County. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2), all land.
Bonifay is home to four enhance schools: Bonifay Elementary School, Bonifay Middle School, Holmes County High School and Bethlehem School.
A 2004 study by the Bureau of Secondary Education showed that 56.73% of Holmes County high school graduates go on to secondary education.
As of August 2008 all educational facility improvements shall be done in a financially feasible manner to address all Level of Service (LOS) needs as described by the Public School Facilities Element in the City of Bonifay 2020 Comprehensive Plan, officially recognized by the state of Florida on September 3, 2008.
There were 1,095 homeholds out of which 27.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 16.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 15.3% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 38.9% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $21,216, and the median income for a family was $33,077.
About 14.8% of families and 21.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 28.0% of those under age 18 and 26.3% of those age 65 or over.
However, as of August 3, 2006, the wildlife park universal near Bonifay has been halted due to the termination of the agreement by the Holmes County Development Commission to sell 790 acres (3.2 km2) to Jim Fowler and his Fowler Center for Wildlife Education for the purpose of building the park. Among the many financial, logistical, and regulatory obstacles facing the assembly of the park are the locations of a state prison, a county jail, and other enhance facilities inside the proposed park, as depicted by the large white block and small white block areas to the northeast of a prepared lake amidst the attractions in the park's master plan. Like other metros/cities (e.g., Brunswick, Georgia, and Crestview, Florida) before it, Bonifay's brief flirtation with a Fowler-sponsored wildlife park came to an end. Fowler expressed a renewed desire to construct his park in Bonifay, south of I-10.
Holmes County Times-Advertiser United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Municipalities and communities of Holmes County, Florida, United States County seat: Bonifay
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