Representative Gregory Steube, Republican from Florida

Gregory Steube

Florida's 17th congressional district

FL-17 Midterms Intelligence

Steube sits in one of Florida’s safest Republican seats: an R+28 district with a stable GOP floor and little immediate electoral jeopardy. The defining fact is age — median age 55.3, with 35.1% of residents over 65 — which makes this less a Sun Belt swing seat than a retiree-and-homeowner fortress. That profile reinforces Steube’s hard-right style: culturally conservative, security-minded, and responsive to veterans, seniors, and property owners more than growth-coalition business politics.

For advocates, the opening is not persuasion on ideology but alignment with district identity. Messages that tie an issue to protecting retirees’ finances, preserving home values, or supporting veterans will travel; abstract equity or climate language will not. The district’s 20.3% healthcare/education workforce and 11.3% uninsured rate create a quiet tension between anti-government politics and real dependence on health systems, while 78.6% homeownership makes insurance, taxes, and cost-of-living pressure especially salient. Strategic campaigns here should be local, pocketbook-first, and validation-heavy.

Representative Gregory Steube represents Florida's 17th congressional district, serving 828,650 constituents. The district has an estimated median household income of $76,106 and an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

Economic & Demographic Snapshot

828,650Population
↑ 42,814
$76,106Median Incomenat'l $37,585
↑ $6,526
4.2%Unemploymentnat'l 3.5%
↓ 0.1%
6.6%Poverty Ratenat'l 12.4%
↓ 0.3%
78.6%Homeownershipnat'l 65.5%
→ no change
$1,701Median Rentnat'l $1,163
↑ $250
0.4%Public Transitnat'l 5%
→ no change
27.4 minMean Commutenat'l 26.4 min
↑ 0.7 min

Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2017-2021 vs. 2019-2023). All figures are statistical estimates with 90% confidence level.

Florida District 17 Demographics

Median Age 55.3 (vs 38.5) · Homeownership 78.6% (vs 65.5%) · Bachelor’s+ 33.3% (vs 33.7%) · Poverty 6.6% (vs 12.4%) · Income $76,106 (vs $37,585)

Key Issues for This District
Healthcare accessRent burden

Age Distribution

Skews older than the national average (median age 55.3 vs 38.5 nationally). 26% of residents are 70+. Medicare, Social Security, and healthcare access are top-of-mind.

Race & Ethnicity

White residents are the largest group at 77.3%. Also significant: Hispanic (15.3%).

* Hispanic includes respondents of any race. Racial categories include both Hispanic and non-Hispanic individuals.

Education

33.3% hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below the 33.7% national average.

Income Distribution

Median household income is $76,106, well above the $37,585 national median.

Housing

A homeowner district: 78.6% own their home, well above the 65.5% national average. Median rent is $1,701. Median home value is $364,500.

How People Get to Work

Car-dependent: 71.6% drive alone to work. Average commute is 27.4 minutes.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates
Data represents 5-year statistical estimates for increased reliability.

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