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Lake Alfred

City, Polk County. Population 9,038 (2025), +12.5% on the prior year, +41.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Lake Alfred

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 20.99 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population9,038Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519799k high2025
Change since the prior year+12.5%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+41.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20206,3742020

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
20259,038estimate+12.5%
20248,037estimate+9.5%
20237,342estimate+8.6%
20226,762estimate+3.0%
20216,568estimate+3.0%
20206,374census+2.8%
20196,199estimate+4.2%
20185,950estimate+0.8%
20175,903estimate+3.1%
20165,728estimate+7.6%
20155,322estimate+3.8%
20145,127estimate+1.2%
20135,068estimate+1.0%
20125,018estimate-0.1%
20115,023estimate+0.2%
20105,015census+8.4%
20094,627estimate+1.4%
20084,562estimate+1.0%
20074,517estimate+6.6%
20064,239estimate+4.8%
20054,043estimate+1.0%
20044,004estimate+0.6%
20033,981estimate+0.5%
20023,960estimate+1.0%
20013,920estimate+0.8%
20003,890census+1.3%
19993,840estimate+0.7%
19983,812estimate+0.3%
19973,799estimate+0.7%
19963,771estimate+1.5%
19953,716estimate+0.7%
19943,692estimate+1.9%
19933,622estimate+0.7%
19923,596estimate+0.7%
19913,572estimaten/a
19893,560estimate+3.6%
19883,436estimate+0.7%
19873,411estimate+2.1%
19863,340estimate+1.6%
19853,289estimate+0.8%
19843,264estimate+1.1%
19833,229estimate-0.8%
19823,256estimate+3.9%
19813,134estimaten/a
19793,403estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Polk County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201617.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Polk County)364,197Aug 2026
Employment (Polk County)343,756Aug 2026
Unemployed (Polk County)20,441Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.8%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 2026364,197343,75620,4415.6%
Jul 2026362,522341,41321,1095.8%
Jun 2026364,274343,47820,7965.7%
May 2026363,558343,57619,9825.5%
Apr 2026364,145343,85420,2915.6%
Mar 2026362,888343,28519,6035.4%
Feb 2026363,155342,11021,0455.8%
Jan 2026361,659339,79521,8646.0%
Dec 2025363,620343,70019,9205.5%
Nov 2025364,310342,70521,6055.9%
Sep 2025364,322345,52918,7935.2%
Aug 2025361,457342,33819,1195.3%
Jul 2025360,017341,49518,5225.1%
Jun 2025360,223342,53717,6864.9%
May 2025358,677342,94815,7294.4%
Apr 2025359,401344,73714,6644.1%
Mar 2025359,494344,32715,1674.2%
Feb 2025357,482342,30215,1804.2%
Jan 2025358,495342,73315,7624.4%
Dec 2024358,224344,05314,1714.0%
Nov 2024358,198342,42315,7754.4%
Oct 2024358,684343,09615,5884.3%
Sep 2024361,678345,66716,0114.4%
Aug 2024360,421342,88917,5324.9%
Jul 2024359,181341,85317,3284.8%
Jun 2024358,500342,03216,4684.6%
May 2024355,735341,95413,7813.9%
Apr 2024355,965343,23312,7323.6%
Mar 2024357,145343,50913,6363.8%
Feb 2024355,198341,45213,7463.9%
Jan 2024355,708341,35814,3504.0%
Dec 2023354,901341,89913,0023.7%
Nov 2023356,901343,19413,7073.8%
Oct 2023357,867343,56214,3054.0%
Sep 2023359,253345,17714,0763.9%
Aug 2023357,640342,62115,0194.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025360,682343,21417,4684.8%
2024357,886342,79315,0934.2%
2023354,607341,61112,9963.7%
2022345,008332,65612,3523.6%
2021335,175317,18617,9895.4%
2020324,916294,93729,9799.2%
2019312,351300,85811,4933.7%
2018304,709292,29412,4154.1%
2017299,416285,42013,9964.7%
2016294,128278,23215,8965.4%
2015279,675261,82217,8536.4%
2014276,988256,26120,7277.5%
2013277,216253,37323,8438.6%
2012275,040247,66427,37610.0%
2011276,095244,51331,58211.4%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$26.5M

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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$119M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$19M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error893.3%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$3.13M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$5.26M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error11.5%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$119M$19M$189M893.3%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$3.13M$5.26M$5.86M11.5%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 893% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses53New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses17Aug 2026
Lodging licenses15Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses21Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months6Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)224Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+8.2%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month15Sep 2026

County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files, retrieved 2026-10-01; 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: Lake Alfred, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 33850.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)1342023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)9562023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$36.1M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood12
2APSalcohol8
2003-NAPTlodging8
2014-MFDVfood5
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging5
2COPalcohol4
4COPalcohol3
4COP-SFSalcohol3
3PSalcohol2
2002-MOTLlodging2
1APSalcohol1

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: Lake Alfred)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies196190
Florida profit corporations1813
Florida non-profit corporations94
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 33850: the ZIP codes whose Census internal point falls inside the city limits. A ZIP code crosses the limits, so this is a ZIP basis, not the city.

ZIP codeEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
33850134956$36.1M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months163Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200990 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-41.6%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$42.7MAug 2026
Units, latest month26Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months163Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table2192025

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 202626260$9.44M
Jul 202638380$9.06M
Jun 2026770$1.99M
May 202618180$3.52M
Apr 202616160$3.47M
Mar 2026880$2.3M
Feb 2026440$996K
Jan 2026440$1.13M
Dec 202512120$3M
Nov 202512120$2.85M
Oct 202511110$3.24M
Sep 2025770$1.69M
Aug 202512120$2.69M
Jul 202513130$3.85M
Jun 202522220$4.91M
May 202518180$4.98M
Apr 202533330$10.5M
Mar 202530300$8.45M
Feb 202531310$8.33M
Jan 202518180$5.05M
Dec 202427270$5.82M
Nov 202438380$8.18M
Oct 202422220$5.23M
Sep 202415150$3.89M
Aug 202434340$7.25M
Jul 202479790$18.1M
Jun 202471710$12.3M
May 202488840$15.7M
Apr 202433330$6.06M
Mar 202435350$6.42M
Feb 202460600$11.5M
Jan 202490900$17.2M
Dec 202346460$9.25M
Nov 202350500$9.86M
Oct 202350500$9.18M
Sep 202329290$5.62M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20252192190$59.6M
20245925880$118M
20234884860$85.4M
2022102880$19.4M
20211791790$35M
202036360$7.27M
201932320$7.52M
20181021020$21.1M
201721210$3.89M
201666660$11.8M
201586860$10.3M
201456560$6.77M
2013990$1.6M
2012330$800K
2011440$818K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$919M
Total taxable value (non school)$594M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$664M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$890M2025 final roll
New construction value$29.9M2026 preliminary
Parcels3,9462026 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; 59% 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$234K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months99Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$330KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$728M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$68.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$14.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$14.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$31.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$8.54M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$48.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$4.94M2026 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
Residential2,972$728M$482M$29.1M3,188+4.6%
Commercial83$68.5M$65.7M$672Kn/a+3.3%
Industrial15$14.1M$12.2M$5.78Kn/a+5.2%
Agricultural49$14.3M$2.45M$40.4Kn/a+5.5%
Vacant547$31.8M$27.4M$0n/a-15.6%
Institutional16$8.54M$64.6K$0n/a-2.1%
Government118$48.3M$30.9K$0n/a-2.3%
Other146$4.94M$4.62M$0.1Kn/a-4.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,832Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199074.0% high2024
Occupied units2,5772020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2552020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,8062020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households7712020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate70.1%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)34.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households55.3%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%)43.2%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units30Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.35K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$359K2024

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 less04759
All households30.01-50% AMI20105442
All households50.01-80% AMI197172110
All households80.01-120% AMI239240
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,6811560
Renters30% AMI or less0020
Renters30.01-50% AMI20105355
Renters50.01-80% AMI000
Renters80.01-120% AMI10500
RentersGreater than 120% AMI26300
Owners30% AMI or less04739
Owners30.01-50% AMI0087
Owners50.01-80% AMI197172110
Owners80.01-120% AMI134240
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,4181560

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$65K45
1997$67.5K36
1998$69.8K45
1999$68.7K52
2000$75K37
2001$70K52
2002$83.5K48
2003$88.7K57
2004$100K72
2005$150K87
2006$249K136
2007$189K67
2008$161K85
2009$118K48
2010$105K36
2011$63.5K27
2012$80K27
2013$112K58
2014$119K55
2015$159K146

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Redwood Apartments940 ALFRED DR. EASTLake Alfred3030

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$47.4KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$51.9K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$567KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$567KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+1.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$31.7KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$361KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$361KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+6.0%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$47.3MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+61.9%FY2024
Total expenditures$24.3MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+5.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.88KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$479KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-34.7%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$47.4K
Aug 2026$46.5K
Jul 2026$46.4K
Jun 2026$48.9K
May 2026$51.9K
Apr 2026$48.2K
Mar 2026$46.3K
Feb 2026$51K
Jan 2026$44.2K
Dec 2025$46.9K
Nov 2025$45.3K
Oct 2025$44.1K
Sep 2025$47.1K
Aug 2025$45.6K
Jul 2025$47.5K
Jun 2025$50K
May 2025$51.7K
Apr 2025$49.8K
Mar 2025$44.9K
Feb 2025$49.3K
Jan 2025$45.1K
Dec 2024$45.4K
Nov 2024$41.2K
Oct 2024$42.3K
Sep 2024$43.8K
Aug 2024$42.7K
Jul 2024$44.6K
Jun 2024$46.8K
May 2024$49.4K
Apr 2024$47.7K
Mar 2024$43.9K
Feb 2024$48.2K
Jan 2024$43.4K
Dec 2023$44.8K
Nov 2023$43.6K
Oct 2023$45.1K

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$31.7K
Aug 2026$31.7K
Jul 2026$31.7K
Jun 2026$28.8K
May 2026$28.8K
Apr 2026$28.8K
Mar 2026$28.8K
Feb 2026$28.8K
Jan 2026$28.8K
Dec 2025$30.9K
Nov 2025$30.9K
Oct 2025$30.9K
Sep 2025$31.9K
Aug 2025$31.9K
Jul 2025$31.9K
Jun 2025$26.6K
May 2025$26.6K
Apr 2025$26.6K
Mar 2025$26.6K
Feb 2025$26.6K
Jan 2025$26.6K
Dec 2024$26.6K
Nov 2024$29.4K
Oct 2024$29.4K
Sep 2024$29.4K
Aug 2024$29.4K
Jul 2024$29.4K
Jun 2024$29.3K
May 2024$29.3K
Apr 2024$29.3K
Mar 2024$29.3K
Feb 2024$29.3K
Jan 2024$29.3K
Dec 2023$29.3K
Nov 2023$29.3K
Oct 2023$29.3K

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$479K-34.7%
FY2024$733K-13.6%
FY2023$849K-24.7%
FY2022$1.13M-31.1%
FY2021$1.64M-23.7%
FY2020$2.15M-18.8%
FY2019$2.65M-15.5%
FY2018$3.13M-13.2%
FY2017$3.61M-11.4%
FY2016$4.07M-10.0%
FY2015$4.53M-8.9%
FY2014$4.97M-8.0%
FY2013$5.41Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$4.52M$3.61M+25.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$25.1M$12.3M+103.5%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.63M$1.53M+6.8%
Charges for Services$6.61M$4.78M+38.2%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$67.3K$72.3K-6.8%
Miscellaneous Revenues$4.36M$2.25M+93.4%
Other Sources$5M$4.63M+8.0%
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)$10.5M$7.06M+49.1%
Public Safety$4.07M$4.66M-12.6%
Physical Environment$5.29M$3.9M+35.4%
Transportation$971K$716K+35.6%
Economic Environment$286K$412K-30.7%
Culture / Recreation$2.34M$2.45M-4.4%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$821K$3.82M-78.5%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$0Deposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$50.8M high2026
Branches0June 30, 2026
Institutions0June 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 Lake Alfred.

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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.

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