Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Carrabelle is worth considering.
One of the nice things about Carrabelle is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
Being a small city, Carrabelle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Carrabelle, just 8.68% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Carrabelle in 2022 was $13,858, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $55,432 for a family of four. However, Carrabelle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Carrabelle also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.46% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Carrabelle is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Carrabelle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carrabelle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Carrabelle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Carrabelle include Irish, German, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Carrabelle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
