Taylor County Homes for Sale

Taylor County snapshot (April 2026): typical home value $193K ($192/sqft), about 105 active listings, a median 70 days on market, and 17.1% of listings cutting price — a buyer's market. Values are +1.7% over the past year and +5.4% over five years.

Taylor's economy is built on the pine forest: forestry and a major pulp-and-cellulose mill (Foley Cellulose) are the backbone, supported by county-and-school-district government, fishing-and-scalloping tourism around Steinhatchee and the Big Bend coast, and agriculture. It is a small, rural, very affordable county that has been repeatedly hit by recent Big Bend hurricanes.

The Taylor County School District serves Perry and the surrounding rural-and-coastal communities.

• Taylor County High School (Perry)

This is a small district; confirm the zoned assignment for a specific address. See school-zone guides →

A median-priced Taylor County home costs about $1,437/month all-in (mortgage, tax, and insurance, 10% down) against median household income of $44,985. Florida's homestead exemption removes up to $50,000 of assessed value, and Save Our Homes caps annual assessed-value increases at 3% while you keep the homestead.

At about $1,649 a year on average, Taylor is middle-of-the-pack for Florida — manageable, but very address-dependent near the water. Wind-mitigation features earn insurance credits; flood insurance is priced separately by address. Run your own numbers with the true cost calculator.

Builders pulled 58 residential permits last year (+18.4% YoY) — 58 single-family and 0 multifamily, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents. Active master-planned communities include Perry-area subdivisions and acreage. Builders compete on rate buydowns and closing-cost credits; buyer representation matters even on a new build. See active builders →

Taylor County has about 21,422 residents. On a net domestic basis it gained roughly 188 people and a net +$9.20M in adjusted gross income in the latest IRS filing year (county-to-county moves within the U.S.; this does not count international migration or births). Migration is the demand engine behind prices: when more income flows in than out, it supports both rents and values.

Expect Taylor to stay a very affordable market over the next 12 months, anchored by forestry, with the coast working through repeated-storm recovery and insurance and inland Perry offering the most stability.

Taylor's economy is built on the pine forest: forestry and a major pulp-and-cellulose mill (Foley Cellulose) are the backbone, supported by county-and-school-district government, fishing-and-scalloping tourism around Steinhatchee and the Big Bend coast, and agriculture. It is a small, rural, very affordable county that has been repeatedly hit by recent Big Bend hurricanes.

• Foley Cellulose mill (forestry/pulp)
• Taylor County School District
• Taylor County government
• Doctors' Memorial Hospital
• forestry and timber
• Steinhatchee fishing-and-scalloping tourism

Perry is the 'Tree Capital of the South,' anchored by a major pulp-and-cellulose mill; Steinhatchee is a renowned scalloping-and-fishing destination.

A deep, diversified employer base is what underpins housing demand through national cycles. Talk to a local Taylor County agent →

Taylor County is forest-and-Gulf Old Florida: the pine woods and the Forest Capital State Park around Perry, the famous summer scalloping and the redfish-and-trout flats of Steinhatchee and Keaton Beach, and the clear Econfina and Steinhatchee rivers. It is a rural, very affordable, outdoors-and-fishing lifestyle on the wild Big Bend.

Taylor County's risks are significant for its size: the low-lying Big Bend coast (Steinhatchee, Keaton Beach) has been struck repeatedly by recent hurricanes (Idalia in 2023, Helene in 2024) with major surge, so coastal flood-and-insurance exposure is high; the economy is forestry-concentrated and incomes are modest. Inland Perry carries lower surge risk.