How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202621 of 21 ZIP codes scored · 0.30M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 21 of 21- 2,14332550in Miramar Beach · 8,486 residents64.65
- 2,23132461in Rosemary Beach · 3,757 residents64.44
- 3,02232459in Santa Rosa Beach · 23,522 residents62.91
- 3,46332541in Destin · 18,855 residents62.10
- 3,85332579in Shalimar · 10,506 residents61.43
- 4,78732542in Eglin Afb · 3,578 residents60.09
- 4,82232578in Niceville · 34,738 residents60.05
- 6,72732569in Mary Esther · 12,063 residents57.60
- 6,99432580in Valparaiso · 4,194 residents57.29
- 8,49632544in Hurlburt Field · 2,256 residents55.81
- 9,54732539in Crestview · 33,290 residents54.91
- 9,83332548in Fort Walton Beach · 23,774 residents54.70
- 10,46232536in Crestview · 25,599 residents54.18
- 10,74932439in Freeport · 15,328 residents53.96
- 12,16132547in Fort Walton Beach · 35,527 residents52.95
- 12,76732531in Baker · 7,314 residents52.49
- 16,30632567in Laurel Hill · 5,609 residents49.96
- 18,31432564in Holt · 2,676 residents48.49
- 18,36432435in DeFuniak Springs · 6,664 residents48.45
- 24,42032433in DeFuniak Springs · 19,746 residents42.95
- 25,20532455in Ponce de Leon · 4,370 residents42.00
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 21 of 21- 25,20532455in Ponce de Leon · 4,370 residents42.00
- 24,42032433in DeFuniak Springs · 19,746 residents42.95
- 18,36432435in DeFuniak Springs · 6,664 residents48.45
- 18,31432564in Holt · 2,676 residents48.49
- 16,30632567in Laurel Hill · 5,609 residents49.96
- 12,76732531in Baker · 7,314 residents52.49
- 12,16132547in Fort Walton Beach · 35,527 residents52.95
- 10,74932439in Freeport · 15,328 residents53.96
- 10,46232536in Crestview · 25,599 residents54.18
- 9,83332548in Fort Walton Beach · 23,774 residents54.70
- 9,54732539in Crestview · 33,290 residents54.91
- 8,49632544in Hurlburt Field · 2,256 residents55.81
- 6,99432580in Valparaiso · 4,194 residents57.29
- 6,72732569in Mary Esther · 12,063 residents57.60
- 4,82232578in Niceville · 34,738 residents60.05
- 4,78732542in Eglin Afb · 3,578 residents60.09
- 3,85332579in Shalimar · 10,506 residents61.43
- 3,46332541in Destin · 18,855 residents62.10
- 3,02232459in Santa Rosa Beach · 23,522 residents62.91
- 2,23132461in Rosemary Beach · 3,757 residents64.44
- 2,14332550in Miramar Beach · 8,486 residents64.65
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
5 of 21 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 32435 DeFuniak Springs32539 Crestview32547 Fort Walton Beach
Standing highest: 32459 Santa Rosa Beach32461 Rosemary Beach32550 Miramar Beach
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 32461 Rosemary Beach32550 Miramar Beach32579 Shalimar
Standing highest: 32542 Eglin Afb32544 Hurlburt Field32569 Mary Esther
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 32459 Santa Rosa Beach32461 Rosemary Beach32550 Miramar Beach
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 32461 Rosemary Beach32550 Miramar Beach32579 Shalimar
Standing highest: 32439 Freeport32459 Santa Rosa Beach32461 Rosemary Beach
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 21 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 301,852 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
One domain is not shown: Climate / Disaster Risk. Too few of this metro’s ZIP codes carry enough measured data on them to divide into fifths, so they are left out rather than shown on a handful of ZIP codes.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.