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Waldo

City, Alachua County. Population 857 (2025), -1.4% on the prior year, +1.3% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Waldo

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.18 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population857Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519791.3k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+1.3%2020 to 2025
Census 20208462020

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
2025857estimate-1.4%
2024869estimate-1.5%
2023882estimate+0.8%
2022875estimate+1.6%
2021861estimate+1.8%
2020846census-11.9%
2019960estimate0.0%
2018960estimate+0.5%
2017955estimate+1.7%
2016939estimate-1.3%
2015951estimate-0.2%
2014953estimate-1.7%
2013969estimate0.0%
2012969estimate-3.4%
20111,003estimate-1.2%
20101,015census+23.0%
2009825estimate-1.3%
2008836estimate+0.6%
2007831estimate+1.2%
2006821estimate-1.3%
2005832estimate-1.0%
2004840estimate+2.1%
2003823estimate-1.9%
2002839estimate+1.0%
2001831estimate+1.2%
2000821census-21.7%
19991,049estimate+1.9%
19981,029estimate-1.2%
19971,042estimate0.0%
19961,042estimate-0.5%
19951,047estimate+1.0%
19941,037estimate+1.6%
19931,021estimate+0.5%
19921,016estimate+0.4%
19911,012estimaten/a
19891,080estimate-0.6%
19881,086estimate-16.5%
19871,301estimate+11.1%
19861,171estimate+1.5%
19851,154estimate-0.3%
19841,157estimate+16.0%
1983997estimate-1.0%
19821,007estimate+1.4%
1981993estimaten/a
19791,034estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Alachua County)5.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20168.9% highAug 2026
Labor force (Alachua County)139,681Aug 2026
Employment (Alachua County)132,074Aug 2026
Unemployed (Alachua County)7,607Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.0%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 2026139,681132,0747,6075.4%
Jul 2026140,103132,1427,9615.7%
Jun 2026140,465132,7197,7465.5%
May 2026141,962134,3947,5685.3%
Apr 2026145,034137,3877,6475.3%
Mar 2026144,045136,6447,4015.1%
Feb 2026144,156136,3017,8555.4%
Jan 2026142,218134,3037,9155.6%
Dec 2025143,170135,7177,4535.2%
Nov 2025143,982135,7678,2155.7%
Sep 2025144,373137,7646,6094.6%
Aug 2025139,227132,2716,9565.0%
Jul 2025140,116133,3166,8004.9%
Jun 2025139,720133,2536,4674.6%
May 2025141,117135,1925,9254.2%
Apr 2025144,563139,2195,3443.7%
Mar 2025144,004138,1465,8584.1%
Feb 2025143,301137,8105,4913.8%
Jan 2025141,714136,1585,5563.9%
Dec 2024141,724136,7954,9293.5%
Nov 2024142,655136,7905,8654.1%
Oct 2024143,727138,1425,5853.9%
Sep 2024144,106138,8455,2613.7%
Aug 2024139,329133,3555,9744.3%
Jul 2024139,993134,1665,8274.2%
Jun 2024139,791133,8275,9644.3%
May 2024138,975134,0434,9323.5%
Apr 2024142,815138,3124,5033.2%
Mar 2024140,630135,4825,1483.7%
Feb 2024141,797136,9824,8153.4%
Jan 2024140,912135,9584,9543.5%
Dec 2023141,060136,5114,5493.2%
Nov 2023143,045138,0085,0373.5%
Oct 2023144,722139,3905,3323.7%
Sep 2023144,503139,6274,8763.4%
Aug 2023140,020134,7995,2213.7%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025142,299135,8746,4254.5%
2024141,371136,0585,3133.8%
2023141,987137,3554,6323.3%
2022139,152134,9014,2513.1%
2021137,132131,5855,5474.0%
2020133,862126,1327,7305.8%
2019137,263132,9614,3023.1%
2018135,934131,2424,6923.5%
2017134,333129,0015,3324.0%
2016131,892125,9715,9214.5%
2015129,352123,3296,0234.7%
2014128,739121,7576,9825.4%
2013128,573120,8827,6916.0%
2012128,888120,0178,8716.9%
2011128,559118,6539,9067.7%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses24New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses13Aug 2026
Lodging licenses4Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses7Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months4Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)42Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+55.6%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month1Sep 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: Waldo, 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-SEATfood7
2APSalcohol5
2014-MFDVfood4
2COPalcohol2
2002-MOTLlodging2
2010-NOSTfood1
2014-HTDGfood1
2001-HOTLlodging1
2003-NAPTlodging1

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: Waldo)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies4026
Florida profit corporations21
Florida non-profit corporations00
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months2Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+100.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$260KAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months2Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table12025

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 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026110$130K
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025110$130K
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025110$130K
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025110$130K
2024110$130K
2023000$0
2022000$0
2021000$0
2020000$0
2019000$0
2018000$0
2017000$0
2016000$0
2015000$0
2014000$0
2013000$0
2012000$0
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$118M
Total taxable value (non school)$58.4M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$68.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+1.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$116M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.06M2026 preliminary
Parcels8882026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 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$127K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months7Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$123KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$57.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$14.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$3.15M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$26.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$5.07M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$1.19M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$9.56M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$907K2026 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
Residential411$57.6M$32.6M$942K411+0.8%
Commercial32$14.2M$12.1M$0n/a+2.5%
Industrial4$3.15M$1.57M$0n/a-4.2%
Agricultural154$26.1M$7.63M$117Kn/a+2.2%
Vacant182$5.07M$3.87M$1.29Kn/a+7.0%
Institutional14$1.19M$81.4K$0n/a-0.2%
Government61$9.56M$2.05K$0n/a+4.3%
Other32$907K$486K$0n/a+2.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units702Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199073.0% high2024
Occupied units6482020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units542020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4422020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2062020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate68.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)24.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households50.0%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%)31.6%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units32Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.7K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$228K2024

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 less14456
All households30.01-50% AMI12082
All households50.01-80% AMI80172
All households80.01-120% AMI1600
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI4700
Renters30% AMI or less9241
Renters30.01-50% AMI282
Renters50.01-80% AMI20150
Renters80.01-120% AMI800
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2900
Owners30% AMI or less5215
Owners30.01-50% AMI11800
Owners50.01-80% AMI6022
Owners80.01-120% AMI800
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1800

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$37.5K4
1997$55K5
1998$42K2
1999$55K7
2000$53.8K4
2001$54.5K7
2002$82K6
2003$83K9
2004$91K5
2005$80K8
2006$90K7
2007$135K5
2008$80K9
2009n/an/a
2010n/an/a
2011$30K1
2012$72.2K3
2013$100K4
2014n/an/a
2015$48K2

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Waldo Villas Ltd218 N MAIN STREETWaldo3232

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$4.39KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$6.25K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$53.2KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$53.2KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-7.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.77KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$46.6KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$46.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-1.1%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$2.31MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+20.9%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.73MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-4.3%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.65KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.91MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before0.0%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$4.39K
Aug 2026$4.43K
Jul 2026$4.62K
Jun 2026$4.4K
May 2026$4.82K
Apr 2026$4.14K
Mar 2026$4.14K
Feb 2026$4.82K
Jan 2026$4.32K
Dec 2025$4.52K
Nov 2025$4.46K
Oct 2025$4.17K
Sep 2025$4.76K
Aug 2025$4.65K
Jul 2025$4.85K
Jun 2025$5.03K
May 2025$5.16K
Apr 2025$4.79K
Mar 2025$4.27K
Feb 2025$5.07K
Jan 2025$4.82K
Dec 2024$4.97K
Nov 2024$4.56K
Oct 2024$4.78K
Sep 2024$4.69K
Aug 2024$4.74K
Jul 2024$4.85K
Jun 2024$5.01K
May 2024$5.36K
Apr 2024$5.05K
Mar 2024$4.66K
Feb 2024$5.26K
Jan 2024$4.81K
Dec 2023$4.93K
Nov 2023$5.05K
Oct 2023$4.86K

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$3.77K
Aug 2026$3.77K
Jul 2026$3.77K
Jun 2026$3.85K
May 2026$3.85K
Apr 2026$3.85K
Mar 2026$3.85K
Feb 2026$3.85K
Jan 2026$3.85K
Dec 2025$4.07K
Nov 2025$4.07K
Oct 2025$4.07K
Sep 2025$4.17K
Aug 2025$4.17K
Jul 2025$4.17K
Jun 2025$3.78K
May 2025$3.78K
Apr 2025$3.78K
Mar 2025$3.78K
Feb 2025$3.78K
Jan 2025$3.78K
Dec 2024$3.78K
Nov 2024$4.09K
Oct 2024$4.09K
Sep 2024$4.09K
Aug 2024$4.09K
Jul 2024$4.09K
Jun 2024$4.06K
May 2024$4.06K
Apr 2024$4.06K
Mar 2024$4.06K
Feb 2024$4.06K
Jan 2024$4.06K
Dec 2023$4.06K
Nov 2023$4.06K
Oct 2023$4.06K

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$1.91M0.0%
FY2024$1.91M-3.0%
FY2023$1.97M-2.7%
FY2022$2.02M-2.6%
FY2021$2.08M-2.5%
FY2020$2.13M-2.4%
FY2019$2.19M-2.3%
FY2018$2.24M-2.9%
FY2017$2.3M-2.8%
FY2016$2.37M-1.7%
FY2015$2.41M-1.0%
FY2014$2.43M-4.5%
FY2013$2.55Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$570K$529K+7.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$79.5K$77.7K+2.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$443K$354K+25.3%
Charges for Services$814K$755K+7.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$18.2K$11K+65.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$110K$58.5K+88.6%
Other Sources$271K$122K+121.4%
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)$458K$483K-5.1%
Physical Environment$733K$722K+1.6%
Transportation$171K$180K-5.3%
Culture / Recreation$57K$304K-81.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$314K$122K+156.5%
Public Safetyn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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