Where opportunity
flows.
Calhoun County, Florida: affordable land, a ready workforce, and highways to the Gulf Coast, between the Chipola and Apalachicola Rivers.
Connect
Three state highways, I-10 27 miles north, a county airport with shovel-ready land beside the runway, and two deepwater ports about an hour away.
Grow
Land at a fraction of coastal prices, one municipal utility for electric, gas, water and sewer, and state incentives most Florida counties can't offer.
Thrive
An A-rated school district, a new $47 million hospital, two rivers, and a downtown that's being rebuilt.
Future
Fiber reaching more than 1,900 rural homes and businesses, a restored Commerce Building with tenants moving in, and a county investing in itself first.
To Tallahassee
49 mi
50 miles to Panama City. 27 to I-10 at Marianna.
Routing data
Average annual wage
$41,723
The Florida average is $69,492.
Florida EDR Area Profile, May 2026
Workers commuting out
51.1%
More than half of Calhoun's workers leave the county for work each day.
Florida EDR Area Profile, May 2026
Combined sales tax
7.5%
No personal income tax. 5.5% corporate. The first $25,000 of tangible personal property is exempt.
Florida DOR Form DR-15DSS, CY2026
Your customers are already passing through.
Blountstown sits where SR 20, SR 71 and SR 69 meet, 27 miles south of I-10. Travelers headed for the Gulf, the Forgotten Coast and Panama City drive through every day.
That traffic is business for restaurants, retail, lodging and outdoor recreation. The same roads put Tallahassee, Panama City and two deepwater ports about an hour away, at costs well below any of them.
Highways, air, ports and railIndustries ready to grow here.
Six sectors where Calhoun County's costs, land and workforce line up.
Manufacturing
Affordable land, highway and airport access, and Florida's full set of sales tax exemptions for manufacturers: on machinery, on equipment, and on the electricity that runs them.
Build a brief for this sectorThe partners behind your project.
Site selection, incentives, workforce, permitting and local introductions. Invest Calhoun works with the organizations that move a project forward.
- Calhoun County Board of County Commissioners
- City of Blountstown
- Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
- Calhoun County Industrial Development Authority
- CareerSource Chipola
- Opportunity Florida
- Florida SBDC at UWF
- FloridaCommerce
- Chipola College
- West Florida Electric Cooperative
Economic development is about more than attracting businesses.
It's about careers for local families, a reason for graduates to stay, and support for people starting something of their own. And it's about growing without losing the rivers, the woods and the small-town character that make Calhoun County worth investing in.
Here, businesses become neighbors.
Start where it matters to you.
Tell us what you're planning.
Whether it's your first location or your next expansion, we'll help you find what fits in Calhoun County.