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Niceville

City, Okaloosa County. Population 17,119 (2025), +3.2% on the prior year, +8.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Niceville

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 14.4 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population17,119Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197917.1k high2025
Change since the prior year+3.2%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+8.5%2020 to 2025
Census 202015,7722020

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
202517,119estimate+3.2%
202416,594estimate+0.6%
202316,492estimate+1.9%
202216,186estimate+0.9%
202116,040estimate+1.7%
202015,772census+7.3%
201914,693estimate+1.3%
201814,508estimate+0.5%
201714,442estimate+2.3%
201614,122estimate+2.5%
201513,774estimate+0.7%
201413,678estimate+2.3%
201313,374estimate+0.5%
201213,309estimate+3.7%
201112,834estimate+0.7%
201012,749census-4.1%
200913,294estimate-0.5%
200813,364estimate+0.7%
200713,272estimate+0.4%
200613,221estimate+1.6%
200513,019estimate+1.8%
200412,791estimate+2.8%
200312,446estimate+2.5%
200212,138estimate+1.9%
200111,914estimate+2.0%
200011,684census-2.3%
199911,954estimate+0.1%
199811,942estimate+1.1%
199711,815estimate+0.9%
199611,705estimate+1.1%
199511,575estimate+0.8%
199411,480estimate+3.0%
199311,150estimate+2.2%
199210,915estimate+3.3%
199110,571estimaten/a
198911,083estimate+2.6%
198810,804estimate+2.2%
198710,572estimate+1.1%
198610,452estimate+3.1%
198510,142estimate+5.7%
19849,599estimate+3.7%
19839,254estimate+1.7%
19829,100estimate+3.5%
19818,793estimaten/a
19797,558estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Okaloosa County)4.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Okaloosa County)101,762Aug 2026
Employment (Okaloosa County)97,323Aug 2026
Unemployed (Okaloosa County)4,439Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.0%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.3%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 2026101,76297,3234,4394.4%
Jul 2026101,80197,2214,5804.5%
Jun 2026102,05697,5474,5094.4%
May 2026101,12696,8064,3204.3%
Apr 2026100,63696,1684,4684.4%
Mar 2026100,18995,8754,3144.3%
Feb 202699,10794,2964,8114.9%
Jan 202698,19293,2724,9205.0%
Dec 202598,55494,1524,4024.5%
Nov 202599,25194,3584,8934.9%
Sep 2025100,84796,7224,1254.1%
Aug 2025102,07097,9604,1104.0%
Jul 2025103,32599,3373,9883.9%
Jun 2025102,43398,6723,7613.7%
May 2025100,95897,5873,3713.3%
Apr 2025100,07796,8903,1873.2%
Mar 202599,81696,5243,2923.3%
Feb 202597,68794,2993,3883.5%
Jan 202597,88594,3503,5353.6%
Dec 202497,62994,6003,0293.1%
Nov 202498,32294,9303,3923.4%
Oct 2024100,94397,6553,2883.3%
Sep 2024101,32798,0763,2513.2%
Aug 2024102,57699,0673,5093.4%
Jul 2024104,147100,5543,5933.4%
Jun 2024102,76699,4303,3363.2%
May 2024101,30198,4732,8282.8%
Apr 2024100,11997,5032,6162.6%
Mar 202499,91397,0782,8352.8%
Feb 202497,47594,5282,9473.0%
Jan 202497,02093,9333,0873.2%
Dec 202398,07695,4042,6722.7%
Nov 202399,25096,3592,8912.9%
Oct 2023100,92397,9153,0083.0%
Sep 2023102,01499,0532,9612.9%
Aug 2023103,167100,1103,0573.0%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025100,26496,4413,8233.8%
2024100,29597,1523,1433.1%
2023100,87598,1772,6982.7%
202299,64897,0732,5752.6%
202197,34893,9133,4353.5%
202094,12588,6955,4305.8%
201995,24792,5962,6512.8%
201894,28391,3862,8973.1%
201793,45490,1463,3083.5%
201692,80689,0273,7794.1%
201591,62787,4384,1894.6%
201491,49186,5914,9005.4%
201391,55786,0765,4816.0%
201290,67784,3626,3157.0%
201190,58683,3897,1977.9%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$441.5M

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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$214M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$374M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error13.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$38.2M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$79.9M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error12.3%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$214M$374M$325M13.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$38.2M$79.9M$70.1M12.3%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses151New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses78Aug 2026
Lodging licenses21Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses52Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months14Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)578Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-1.9%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month40Sep 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: Niceville, 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-SEATfood56
2APSalcohol23
2014-MFDVfood13
4COP-SFSalcohol12
2COPalcohol11
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging7
2010-NOSTfood6
2003-NAPTlodging6
2001-HOTLlodging4
3PSalcohol3
2013-CATRfood3
4COPalcohol2
2002-MOTLlodging2
11Calcohol1
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging1
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging1

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: Niceville)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies531528
Florida profit corporations2637
Florida non-profit corporations1516
Out of state entities registering in Florida57
Partnerships, trusts and other filings11

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months72Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 2016317 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+1.4%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$29.7MAug 2026
Units, latest month6Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months72Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table782025

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 2026660$2.61M
Jul 2026770$3.05M
Jun 2026770$3.05M
May 2026660$2.61M
Apr 2026770$3.05M
Mar 2026550$1.93M
Feb 2026550$1.93M
Jan 2026550$1.93M
Dec 2025440$1.55M
Nov 202510100$3.87M
Oct 2025880$3.48M
Sep 2025220$640K
Aug 2025640$3.01M
Jul 2025330$3.14M
Jun 202511110$3.53M
May 2025770$2.6M
Apr 2025660$1.88M
Mar 202512120$5.46M
Feb 2025440$1.57M
Jan 2025550$2.72M
Dec 2024110$100K
Nov 2024660$1.49M
Oct 2024440$1.99M
Sep 2024660$1.8M
Aug 2024770$2.16M
Jul 2024770$3.9M
Jun 2024770$4.41M
May 2024770$3.16M
Apr 202410100$3.1M
Mar 2024110$300K
Feb 20241390$3.58M
Jan 2024330$880K
Dec 202310100$3.62M
Nov 2023660$1.93M
Oct 202311110$4.67M
Sep 202317170$3.33M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202578760$33.4M
202472680$26.9M
2023737127606$129M
20221511470$50.2M
202191789$24.6M
202099990$30.4M
20191171170$28.2M
201889810$22.8M
201757570$14.2M
201665650$15.4M
201583830$20.2M
201493930$21.6M
20131251250$32.5M
20121321320$29.6M
201187850$18.9M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$2.71B
Total taxable value (non school)$1.67B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$1.78B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+1.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+2.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$2.67B2025 final roll
New construction value$55.3M2026 preliminary
Parcels6,9272026 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 2020 block groups; 58% 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$326K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months348Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$537KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$2.25B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$162M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$38.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$18.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$69.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$48.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$119M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$634K2026 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
Residential5,901$2.25B$1.41B$49.7M6,110+0.8%
Commercial198$162M$157M$707Kn/a+3.2%
Industrial23$38.5M$37M$0.5Kn/a+6.6%
Agricultural4$18.4M$2.68M$0n/a+1.7%
Vacant595$69.7M$57M$55Kn/a-4.7%
Institutional30$48.9M$9.25M$8.56Kn/a+5.0%
Government146$119M$985K$4.77Mn/a+13.5%
Other28$634K$563K$0n/a-10.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units6,784Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199074.0% high2024
Occupied units6,1552020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units6292020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4,5332020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,6222020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate73.6%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)28.1%2025
Cost burdened renter households53.1%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%)26.9%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units111Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.75K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$455K2024

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 less3377332
All households30.01-50% AMI234151232
All households50.01-80% AMI425322137
All households80.01-120% AMI43917712
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI3,68235091
Renters30% AMI or less3317222
Renters30.01-50% AMI100139189
Renters50.01-80% AMI19424494
Renters80.01-120% AMI17700
RentersGreater than 120% AMI377940
Owners30% AMI or less060110
Owners30.01-50% AMI1341243
Owners50.01-80% AMI2317843
Owners80.01-120% AMI26217712
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3,30525691

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$92K231
1997$103K219
1998$101K258
1999$100K227
2000$118K215
2001$119K249
2002$124K250
2003$139K312
2004$174K310
2005$220K309
2006$245K213
2007$225K203
2008$230K151
2009$205K145
2010$204K140
2011$220K183
2012$238K227
2013$255K257
2014$245K281
2015$272K299

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Partin Heights200A Camellia PlNiceville111111

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$205KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$215K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.83MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.83MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-4.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$66KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$793KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$793KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+3.0%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$42.8MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+0.9%FY2024
Total expenditures$40.3MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+0.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.58KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$5.26MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-8.7%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$205K
Aug 2026$201K
Jul 2026$174K
Jun 2026$161K
May 2026$165K
Apr 2026$128K
Mar 2026$118K
Feb 2026$129K
Jan 2026$114K
Dec 2025$138K
Nov 2025$144K
Oct 2025$150K
Sep 2025$209K
Aug 2025$210K
Jul 2025$181K
Jun 2025$174K
May 2025$166K
Apr 2025$130K
Mar 2025$116K
Feb 2025$133K
Jan 2025$129K
Dec 2024$151K
Nov 2024$147K
Oct 2024$162K
Sep 2024$212K
Aug 2024$204K
Jul 2024$177K
Jun 2024$158K
May 2024$176K
Apr 2024$130K
Mar 2024$115K
Feb 2024$138K
Jan 2024$129K
Dec 2023$150K
Nov 2023$159K
Oct 2023$166K

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$66K
Aug 2026$66K
Jul 2026$66K
Jun 2026$64.6K
May 2026$64.6K
Apr 2026$64.6K
Mar 2026$64.6K
Feb 2026$64.6K
Jan 2026$64.6K
Dec 2025$69.1K
Nov 2025$69.1K
Oct 2025$69.1K
Sep 2025$71.1K
Aug 2025$71.1K
Jul 2025$71.1K
Jun 2025$60.5K
May 2025$60.5K
Apr 2025$60.5K
Mar 2025$60.5K
Feb 2025$60.5K
Jan 2025$60.5K
Dec 2024$60.5K
Nov 2024$66.6K
Oct 2024$66.6K
Sep 2024$66.6K
Aug 2024$66.6K
Jul 2024$66.6K
Jun 2024$67.7K
May 2024$67.7K
Apr 2024$67.7K
Mar 2024$67.7K
Feb 2024$67.7K
Jan 2024$67.7K
Dec 2023$67.7K
Nov 2023$67.7K
Oct 2023$67.7K

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$5.26M-8.7%
FY2024$5.76M-21.0%
FY2023$7.29M-16.3%
FY2022$8.71M-17.6%
FY2021$10.6M-2.1%
FY2020$10.8M-5.3%
FY2019$11.4M-10.0%
FY2018$12.7M-45.5%
FY2017$23.2M+50.8%
FY2016$15.4M-7.3%
FY2015$16.6M-7.3%
FY2014$17.9M-2.1%
FY2013$18.3Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$10.1M$9.05M+11.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$2.66M$5.51M-51.6%
Intergovernmental Revenues$7.72M$6.47M+19.3%
Charges for Services$17.5M$16.1M+9.1%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$62.7K$38.7K+62.0%
Miscellaneous Revenues$2.5M$1.55M+60.8%
Other Sources$2.23M$3.73M-40.3%
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)$5.83M$6.35M-8.3%
Public Safety$8.36M$6.99M+19.5%
Physical Environment$16.8M$16.1M+4.3%
Transportation$2.67M$3.84M-30.4%
Economic Environment$1.05M$209K+403.1%
Human Services$105K$104K+0.9%
Culture / Recreation$4.25M$4.11M+3.5%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$1.25M$2.5M-50.0%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$861MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$960M high2026
Change on a year earlier-1.9%June 30, 2026
Change, real-4.9%June 30, 2026
Branches11June 30, 2026
Institutions10June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 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

Offices whose reported city is Niceville.

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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
Pinnacle BankNiceville Branch1001 John Sims Pkwy ENiceville$222M
Bank of America, National AssociationBluewater Bay Branch4500 E Highway 20Niceville$134M
PNB Community BankPnb Community Bank1020 John Sims Pkwy ENiceville$93.6M
Pinnacle BankBluewater Bay Branch4300 E Highway 20Niceville$93.2M
Regions BankNiceville 1200 John Sims Pkwy Branch1200 John Sims Pkwy ENiceville$85.9M
CCB Community BankCcb - Niceville Branch1502 John Sims Pkwy ENiceville$61.5M
Renasant BankNiceville Branch100 Armstrong AveNiceville$54.6M
Hancock Whitney BankNiceville Financial Center Branch750 E. John Sims PkwyNiceville$37.4M
Trustmark BankNiceville Branch799 John Sims Pkwy ENiceville$35.1M
PNC Bank, National AssociationNiceville Branch1130 John Sims Pkwy ENiceville$33.6M
FNBT BANKNiceville Branch1065 John Sims Pkwy ENiceville$10.3M

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