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City, Highlands County. Population 11,903 (2025), +1.8% on the prior year, +10.9% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population11,903Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197911.9k high2025
Change since the prior year+1.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+10.9%2020 to 2025
Census 202010,7292020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
202511,903estimate+1.8%
202411,687estimate+1.9%
202311,472estimate+1.0%
202211,361estimate+4.3%
202110,894estimate+1.5%
202010,729census-3.5%
201911,113estimate+0.2%
201811,087estimate+0.9%
201710,993estimate+0.2%
201610,971estimate+1.8%
201510,776estimate+1.0%
201410,666estimate+1.0%
201310,561estimate0.0%
201210,560estimate+0.2%
201110,540estimate+0.5%
201010,491census+1.4%
200910,344estimate-0.7%
200810,412estimate+0.5%
200710,361estimate+1.4%
200610,218estimate+0.8%
200510,135estimate+1.0%
200410,039estimate+1.9%
20039,853estimate+0.7%
20029,786estimate+0.6%
20019,723estimate+0.6%
20009,667census+9.2%
19998,856estimate-0.2%
19988,872estimate+0.3%
19978,845estimate-1.2%
19968,955estimate+0.1%
19958,949estimate+0.3%
19948,924estimate-0.4%
19938,959estimate+0.9%
19928,880estimate-0.4%
19918,913estimaten/a
198910,113estimate+0.4%
198810,073estimate-0.9%
198710,164estimate+1.9%
19869,970estimate+0.1%
19859,962estimate-0.3%
19849,991estimate-0.5%
198310,045estimate+2.3%
19829,816estimate+7.5%
19819,128estimaten/a
19799,247estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Highlands County)6.8%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.2% highAug 2026
Labor force (Highlands County)36,318Aug 2026
Employment (Highlands County)33,840Aug 2026
Unemployed (Highlands County)2,478Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier6.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier0.0%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 202636,31833,8402,4786.8%
Jul 202636,22133,7472,4746.8%
Jun 202636,92934,5062,4236.6%
May 202636,76434,4852,2796.2%
Apr 202636,83234,4812,3516.4%
Mar 202636,79734,5362,2616.1%
Feb 202637,24134,7082,5336.8%
Jan 202636,83834,2422,5967.0%
Dec 202536,63434,3802,2546.2%
Nov 202536,86834,2762,5927.0%
Sep 202536,60134,3552,2466.1%
Aug 202536,30234,0322,2706.3%
Jul 202536,01633,8182,1986.1%
Jun 202536,66334,6062,0575.6%
May 202536,57234,7391,8335.0%
Apr 202536,54334,8421,7014.7%
Mar 202536,90535,1491,7564.8%
Feb 202537,08335,2061,8775.1%
Jan 202537,09435,1361,9585.3%
Dec 202436,52834,8261,7024.7%
Nov 202436,48734,6621,8255.0%
Oct 202436,64034,8111,8295.0%
Sep 202437,01235,1231,8895.1%
Aug 202437,01935,0182,0015.4%
Jul 202436,92134,8602,0615.6%
Jun 202436,79934,8751,9245.2%
May 202436,50234,9121,5904.4%
Apr 202436,62835,1261,5024.1%
Mar 202437,07035,5471,5234.1%
Feb 202436,69635,0391,6574.5%
Jan 202436,71835,0251,6934.6%
Dec 202336,31534,8211,4944.1%
Nov 202336,28134,6781,6034.4%
Oct 202336,39534,7521,6434.5%
Sep 202336,44934,7131,7364.8%
Aug 202336,44334,5971,8465.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202536,66134,5942,0675.6%
202436,75134,9851,7664.8%
202336,47634,9101,5664.3%
202235,53534,0161,5194.3%
202134,32032,2382,0826.1%
202033,70030,9632,7378.1%
201934,68533,0711,6144.7%
201835,39333,6561,7374.9%
201735,40833,3762,0325.7%
201634,57432,2512,3236.7%
201535,31032,6372,6737.6%
201435,67132,5423,1298.8%
201335,95932,3783,58110.0%
201237,11433,1663,94810.6%
201138,04133,6054,43611.7%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$1,451.0M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$686M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$1.16B2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error15.3%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$61M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$99.8M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error11.6%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$686M$1.16B$980M15.3%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$61M$99.8M$88.2M11.6%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses270New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20165 highAug 2026
Food service licenses114Aug 2026
Lodging licenses56Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses100Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months22Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)881Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+4.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month56Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Sebring, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood92
2APSalcohol38
2003-NAPTlodging30
2COPalcohol27
4COP-SFSalcohol18
2014-MFDVfood14
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging11
2010-NOSTfood7
2001-HOTLlodging6
3PSalcohol5
4COPalcohol5
11Calcohol4
2002-MOTLlodging4
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging3
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging2
11PAalcohol1
4COP-Salcohol1
4COP-SHalcohol1
2013-CATRfood1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Sebring)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies748726
Florida profit corporations8993
Florida non-profit corporations3421
Out of state entities registering in Florida103
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months26Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200942 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-57.4%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$7.16MAug 2026
Units, latest month4Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months24Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table392025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026440$904K
Jul 2026110$200K
Jun 2026110$200K
May 2026220$620K
Apr 2026110$243K
Mar 2026440$1.06M
Feb 2026220$853K
Jan 2026330$604K
Dec 2025110$179K
Nov 2025110$282K
Oct 2025420$1.46M
Sep 2025220$558K
Aug 2025110$200K
Jul 2025640$1.76M
Jun 2025330$2.53M
May 202514140$2.17M
Apr 2025330$1.11M
Mar 2025110$200K
Feb 2025220$394K
Jan 2025110$338K
Dec 2024330$491K
Nov 202422220$3.21M
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024550$1.86M
Aug 202410100$2.57M
Jul 2024770$1.27M
Jun 202414140$2.57M
May 202442420$7.66M
Apr 2024880$2.84M
Mar 202430260$4.4M
Feb 2024220$1.51M
Jan 202431310$5.62M
Dec 2023110$340K
Nov 2023440$1.99M
Oct 202321210$3.09M
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202539350$11.2M
20241741700$34M
202388880$22M
202263630$13.7M
202190300$14.6M
202020200$6.97M
201914140$4.36M
201817170$5.7M
201720200$6.81M
201617170$5.79M
201516160$5.1M
2014550$1.15M
2013330$400K
2012220$1.55M
2011440$618K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.41B
Total taxable value (non school)$824M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$907M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$1.37B2025 final roll
New construction value$30.6M2026 preliminary
Parcels6,5872026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2010 block groups; 15% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$142K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months179Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$205KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$805M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$235M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$34.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$41.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$23.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$125M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$138M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$8.83M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential4,529$805M$508M$19.1M5,857+1.1%
Commercial358$235M$227M$3.13Mn/a+6.5%
Industrial108$34.6M$33.4M$3.41Mn/a+11.0%
Agricultural115$41.7M$6.5M$146Kn/a+2.9%
Vacant1,059$23.3M$18.6M$1.59Kn/a-8.2%
Institutional210$125M$22.1M$145Kn/a+4.3%
Government157$138M$0$4.57Mn/a+9.2%
Other50$8.83M$8.14M$14.1Kn/a+4.6%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units5,986Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199058.0% high2024
Occupied units4,9492020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,0372020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,5672020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,3822020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate51.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)37.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households60.1%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)29.5%2025
Assisted housing developments10Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units580Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.02K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$219K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less127127578
All households30.01-50% AMI277332242
All households50.01-80% AMI43544580
All households80.01-120% AMI360220
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,9001138
Renters30% AMI or less11132478
Renters30.01-50% AMI156295212
Renters50.01-80% AMI7842943
Renters80.01-120% AMI134220
RentersGreater than 120% AMI534017
Owners30% AMI or less1695100
Owners30.01-50% AMI1213730
Owners50.01-80% AMI3571637
Owners80.01-120% AMI22600
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,3661121

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$60K1,242
1997$62.5K1,330
1998$62K1,402
1999$64.6K1,586
2000$65K1,787
2001$68.5K1,878
2002$72K2,206
2003$85K2,339
2004$100K2,671
2005$142K2,919
2006$169K2,140
2007$158K1,331
2008$90.9K107
2009$118K59
2010$77.5K73
2011$73.8K78
2012$57.5K98
2013$68K109
2014$65K140
2015$90K126

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Groves at Victoria Park2010 Village Grove BoulevardSebring122122
Park Crest Terrace I100 Park Crest TerraceSebring100100
Fair Havens Village3015 Spinks RoadSebring8080
Persimmon Commons8761 Watersound CircleSebring5656
Martin Luther King Terrace1848 Jones DrSebring4444
Park Crest Terrace II100 Cody WaySebring4444
Citrus Terrace Apts1219 CITRUS TERRACESebring4242
Briarwood of Sebring1335 Spinks LaneSebring4141
The Villas Ltd1300 PERSIMMON COURTSebring4040
Highlands Co Voa1427 Queen Palm AveSebring1211

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$63.5KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$82K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$768KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$768KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$38.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$466KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$466KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+2.6%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$54.2MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+20.2%FY2024
Total expenditures$42.1MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+11.9%FY2024
Revenues per resident$4.63KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$6.9MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-0.3%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$63.5K
Aug 2026$63.4K
Jul 2026$61.3K
Jun 2026$69.5K
May 2026$80.2K
Apr 2026$66.4K
Mar 2026$67.9K
Feb 2026$65.3K
Jan 2026$48.7K
Dec 2025$65.6K
Nov 2025$58K
Oct 2025$57.9K
Sep 2025$66.9K
Aug 2025$66K
Jul 2025$66.9K
Jun 2025$74.6K
May 2025$81.6K
Apr 2025$72.3K
Mar 2025$66.1K
Feb 2025$63.7K
Jan 2025$65.7K
Dec 2024$60.8K
Nov 2024$54.8K
Oct 2024$58.3K
Sep 2024$61.5K
Aug 2024$60.9K
Jul 2024$66.8K
Jun 2024$70.2K
May 2024$80.8K
Apr 2024$71.6K
Mar 2024$68.5K
Feb 2024$71.6K
Jan 2024$57.8K
Dec 2023$65.5K
Nov 2023$64.8K
Oct 2023$62.5K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$38.2K
Aug 2026$38.2K
Jul 2026$38.2K
Jun 2026$38.2K
May 2026$38.2K
Apr 2026$38.2K
Mar 2026$38.2K
Feb 2026$38.2K
Jan 2026$38.2K
Dec 2025$40.7K
Nov 2025$40.7K
Oct 2025$40.7K
Sep 2025$41.8K
Aug 2025$41.8K
Jul 2025$41.8K
Jun 2025$35.8K
May 2025$35.8K
Apr 2025$35.8K
Mar 2025$35.8K
Feb 2025$35.8K
Jan 2025$35.8K
Dec 2024$35.8K
Nov 2024$39.2K
Oct 2024$39.2K
Sep 2024$39.2K
Aug 2024$39.2K
Jul 2024$39.2K
Jun 2024$39.2K
May 2024$39.2K
Apr 2024$39.2K
Mar 2024$39.2K
Feb 2024$39.2K
Jan 2024$39.2K
Dec 2023$39.2K
Nov 2023$39.2K
Oct 2023$39.2K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$6.9M-0.3%
FY2024$6.92M+0.5%
FY2023$6.88M+1.8%
FY2022$6.76M+52.5%
FY2021$4.43M-10.5%
FY2020$4.95M-31.9%
FY2019$7.27M-24.6%
FY2018$9.64M-32.1%
FY2017$14.2M-15.5%
FY2016$16.8M-13.1%
FY2015$19.3M-11.3%
FY2014$21.8M-13.1%
FY2013$25.1Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$8.89M$7.75M+14.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$3.22M$2.87M+12.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$4.87M$4.53M+7.4%
Charges for Services$22.5M$21.5M+4.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$163K$122K+33.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$12.5M$6.45M+93.3%
Other Sources$2.03M$1.87M+8.8%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$9.07M$8.62M+5.2%
Public Safety$11.1M$9.22M+20.6%
Physical Environment$13.1M$13.3M-1.6%
Transportation$2.27M$1.79M+26.5%
Economic Environment$2.7M$1.34M+101.1%
Culture / Recreation$2.41M$2.57M-6.2%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$1.51M$828K+81.8%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$1.46BDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$1.54B high2026
Change on a year earlier-5.1%June 30, 2026
Change, real-8.0%June 30, 2026
Branches12June 30, 2026
Institutions8June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier1June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationDesoto Square Branch3200 Us Highway 27 SSebring$287M
Seacoast National BankSebring - Lake Jackson Branch320 Us Highway 27 NSebring$245M
Bank of America, National AssociationSebring Square Branch4215 Sebring PkwySebring$217M
Crews Bank & TrustSebring Branch1385 Us Highway 27 SSebring$144M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationFairmont Branch3635 Us Highway 27 NSebring$137M
Truist BankSebring North Branch3601 Us Highway 27 NSebring$130M
First Southern BankSebring Branch205 W Center AveSebring$90.4M
SouthState Bank, National AssociationSebring Main Branch2600 Us Highway 27 NSebring$73.1M
SouthState Bank, National AssociationSebring South Branch3540 Us Highway 27 SSebring$53.2M
Seacoast National BankSebring - Sun N Lake Branch5033 Us Highway 27 NSebring$43M
Truist BankSebring South Branch3012 Us Highway 27 S, Ste 115Sebring$30.6M
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationSebring Branch2720 Us 27 NSebring$13.9M

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