Santa Rosa Beach : Florida

Santa Rosa Beach is located along a 26-mile stretch of Northwest Florida’s famed Emerald Coast, and is just one of the 16 distinct beach neighborhoods in south Walton County.  Founded in 1910, and though not incorporated, it has a population of about 12,000, and shares a zip code with 10 other beach communities.  Santa Rosa Beach, known for its beautiful beaches, is a popular tourist destination and offers luxury beach houses, upscale dining, a unique artist colony, and is home to Point Washington State Forest, a 15,000 acre preserve.  Picture of The Coast of Walton County and the Deer Lake State Park beach courtesy of Wikipedia and Staugbeachbum in the public domain.

A variety of home styles and prices can be found in Santa Rosa Beach. Zillow shows the median home value to be $721,072 in mid-2021, a 22.6% over the past year. .

Santa Rosa Beach is located on a 26 mile stretch of the Emerald Coast with beautiful beaches, many choices in dining, and a town center with an artists colony, shops and events. Yahoo! Travel named it as one of the "Best Beach Destinations" in 2011, and  Travel+Leisure Magazine called the South Walton area the "Best Beaches on Earth" for families.

If you are not an outdoor person, you may not enjoy Santa Rosa Beach; high cost of living; culturally, it doesn't offer much; The Florida Panhandle has been hit or brushed with tropical storms or hurricanes in recent years.

Retirees who want to live by the water and love the beach life would enjoy Santa Rosa Beach.

Tourism and Construction;   Santa Rosa Beach was recognized by Google's eCity awards in 2013, as a strong online business community.

The average January temperature is about 70 degrees with July's average at 93 degrees.  Due to its location on Florida's Panhandle, Walton County and Santa Rosa Beach have experienced tropical storms and hurricanes. The latest tropical storm was Claudette in 2009, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Santa Rosa Beach is one of several neighborhoods along miles of white sandy beaches, it also has a golf course and a farmers market;  The Point Washington Forest can be entered in Santa Rosa Beach and is made up of more than 10 miles of trails, sand hills, wet Flatwoods, and Cypress swamps; Eden Garden State Park is part of an estate which houses one of the largest collections of Louis XVI furniture in the U.S.;   Artists at Gulf Place is where local artists display their work; Santa Rosa Beach has many great restaurants and travelers on Tripadvisor.com highly recommend several of them including Chanticleer Eatery and Redds Fueling Station; Acclaimed Chef Emeril Lagasse has visited Santa Rosa Beach and Walton County restaurants as part of his national television show.