Moving to Perry, Florida

A practical city guide for deciding whether Perry fits your life, planning the move, and settling in with fewer surprises.

Moving to Perry, Florida? Start with the local context that changes a relocation decision in Taylor County. With roughly 7,435 residents, Perry sits in North Central Florida. Locally it's known as the self-proclaimed "Tree Capital of the South," a forestry and lumber town that hosts the annual Florida Forest Festival. For relocators it's appeals to buyers wanting small-town, low-cost rural living near Florida's undeveloped Big Bend coastline. Climate: humid subtropical with cooler winters than peninsula Florida — winter lows can dip into the 30s, summer storms run June through September. Before choosing a home, pay attention to Gulf-of-Mexico hurricanes (Sally 2020, Michael 2018), winter cold snaps, sugar-white sand erosion at the coast. Use the guides, comparison tools, apartment research, and hurricane profile below before you narrow the move to an address.