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Altha

Town, Calhoun County. Population 520 (2025), +6.8% on the prior year, +4.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Altha

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.34 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population520Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979641 high2025
Change since the prior year+6.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+4.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20204962020

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
2025520estimate+6.8%
2024487estimate-3.6%
2023505estimate+1.4%
2022498estimate+0.8%
2021494estimate-0.4%
2020496census-4.1%
2019517estimate-8.5%
2018565estimate-0.9%
2017570estimate+2.7%
2016555estimate-2.3%
2015568estimate-0.4%
2014570estimate+1.1%
2013564estimate+3.9%
2012543estimate+1.7%
2011534estimate-0.4%
2010536census+0.6%
2009533estimate-6.2%
2008568estimate0.0%
2007568estimate+1.1%
2006562estimate+0.7%
2005558estimate+1.8%
2004548estimate-1.3%
2003555estimate+1.1%
2002549estimate+4.0%
2001528estimate+4.3%
2000506census-20.1%
1999633estimate-1.2%
1998641estimate+0.6%
1997637estimate+5.5%
1996604estimate+8.2%
1995558estimate+3.5%
1994539estimate+0.6%
1993536estimate+2.3%
1992524estimate+5.6%
1991496estimaten/a
1989491estimate+2.1%
1988481estimate-0.6%
1987484estimate0.0%
1986484estimate0.0%
1985484estimate+1.0%
1984479estimate-1.0%
1983484estimate-0.4%
1982486estimate-0.6%
1981489estimaten/a
1979527estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Calhoun County)5.1%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20167.4% highAug 2026
Labor force (Calhoun County)5,078Aug 2026
Employment (Calhoun County)4,820Aug 2026
Unemployed (Calhoun County)258Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.8%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.1%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 20265,0784,8202585.1%
Jul 20264,8544,5932615.4%
Jun 20265,0504,7942565.1%
May 20265,0874,8372504.9%
Apr 20265,0764,8172595.1%
Mar 20265,0564,8022545.0%
Feb 20265,0734,7912825.6%
Jan 20265,0504,7532975.9%
Dec 20255,0444,7692755.5%
Nov 20255,0404,7512895.7%
Sep 20255,1084,8622464.8%
Aug 20255,0714,8302414.8%
Jul 20254,8864,6572294.7%
Jun 20254,9234,7092144.3%
May 20255,0614,8731883.7%
Apr 20255,0594,8771823.6%
Mar 20255,0594,8701893.7%
Feb 20255,0294,8341953.9%
Jan 20255,0094,8072024.0%
Dec 20244,9604,7931673.4%
Nov 20245,0124,8122004.0%
Oct 20245,0964,9021943.8%
Sep 20245,1184,9291893.7%
Aug 20245,0974,8962013.9%
Jul 20244,9524,7432094.2%
Jun 20244,9454,7402054.1%
May 20245,0554,8781773.5%
Apr 20245,0444,8801643.3%
Mar 20245,0774,9061713.4%
Feb 20244,9524,7831693.4%
Jan 20244,9584,7861723.5%
Dec 20234,9574,7931643.3%
Nov 20234,9744,8001743.5%
Oct 20235,0344,8551793.6%
Sep 20235,0354,8641713.4%
Aug 20234,9734,7961773.6%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20255,0274,8042234.4%
20245,0224,8371853.7%
20234,9584,7961623.3%
20224,8384,6781603.3%
20214,8624,6392234.6%
20204,8194,5682515.2%
20194,8694,6801893.9%
20184,9814,7732084.2%
20175,0214,7842374.7%
20165,0684,7852835.6%
20154,9364,6313056.2%
20144,9184,5633557.2%
20134,8904,4874038.2%
20125,0544,5754799.5%
20115,2264,67555110.5%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses7New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses3Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses4Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months2Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)64Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+6.7%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month3Sep 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: Altha, 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
1APSalcohol2
2APSalcohol2
2014-MFDVfood2
2010-SEATfood1

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: Altha)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies6054
Florida profit corporations25
Florida non-profit corporations21
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$40.4M
Total taxable value (non school)$17.5M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$20.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+5.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$38.3M2025 final roll
New construction value$387K2026 preliminary
Parcels4042026 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; 16% 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$106K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months7Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$95KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$18.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$2.12M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$182K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$15.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$869K2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$740K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$2.58M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$88.6K2026 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
Residential173$18.4M$8.75M$387K182+5.7%
Commercial11$2.12M$1.96M$0n/a+16.5%
Industrial3$182K$173K$0n/a+0.6%
Agricultural111$15.5M$5.79M$0.0Kn/a+1.5%
Vacant83$869K$678K$0n/a+16.6%
Institutional8$740K$0$0n/a+1.0%
Government10$2.58M$66.8K$0n/a+20.8%
Other4$88.6K$59.1K$0n/a+62.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units208Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199080.0% high2024
Occupied units1892020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units192020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households912020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households982020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate48.1%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)34.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households51.8%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%)25.9%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$197K2024

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 less9915
All households30.01-50% AMI38137
All households50.01-80% AMI41188
All households80.01-120% AMI800
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI4640
Renters30% AMI or less9011
Renters30.01-50% AMI047
Renters50.01-80% AMI21144
Renters80.01-120% AMI400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI740
Owners30% AMI or less094
Owners30.01-50% AMI3890
Owners50.01-80% AMI2044
Owners80.01-120% AMI400
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3900

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996n/an/a
1997$42.5K5
1998n/an/a
1999$54.9K3
2000$73.5K4
2001$50.2K2
2002$56K7
2003$31K8
2004$72K5
2005$42K9
2006$128K9
2007$64.9K4
2008$74K5
2009$115K5
2010$102K2
2011$73K2
2012$79.5K2
2013$25K3
2014$125K3
2015$63.5K2

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$1.44KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$2.09K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$14.8KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$14.8KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-21.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$2.88KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$34.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$34.5KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-5.2%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$968KFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+37.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.08MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+32.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.99KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$345KFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-2.4%FY2024

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$1.44K
Aug 2026$1.19K
Jul 2026$1.17K
Jun 2026$1.29K
May 2026$1.14K
Apr 2026$1.16K
Mar 2026$1.09K
Feb 2026$1.29K
Jan 2026$1.15K
Dec 2025$1.27K
Nov 2025$1.21K
Oct 2025$1.39K
Sep 2025$1.63K
Aug 2025$2.09K
Jul 2025$1.65K
Jun 2025$1.64K
May 2025$1.64K
Apr 2025$1.64K
Mar 2025$1.19K
Feb 2025$1.64K
Jan 2025$1.4K
Dec 2024$1.77K
Nov 2024$1.27K
Oct 2024$1.37K
Sep 2024$1.25K
Aug 2024$1.39K
Jul 2024$1.52K
Jun 2024$1.51K
May 2024$1.57K
Apr 2024$1.4K
Mar 2024$1.21K
Feb 2024$1.44K
Jan 2024$1.42K
Dec 2023$1.25K
Nov 2023$1.29K
Oct 2023$1.56K

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$2.88K
Aug 2026$2.88K
Jul 2026$2.88K
Jun 2026$2.88K
May 2026$2.88K
Apr 2026$2.88K
Mar 2026$2.88K
Feb 2026$2.88K
Jan 2026$2.88K
Dec 2025$2.89K
Nov 2025$2.89K
Oct 2025$2.89K
Sep 2025$2.89K
Aug 2025$2.89K
Jul 2025$2.89K
Jun 2025$3.03K
May 2025$3.03K
Apr 2025$3.03K
Mar 2025$3.03K
Feb 2025$3.03K
Jan 2025$3.03K
Dec 2024$3.03K
Nov 2024$3.28K
Oct 2024$3.28K
Sep 2024$3.28K
Aug 2024$3.28K
Jul 2024$3.28K
Jun 2024$3.09K
May 2024$3.09K
Apr 2024$3.09K
Mar 2024$3.09K
Feb 2024$3.09K
Jan 2024$3.09K
Dec 2023$3.09K
Nov 2023$3.09K
Oct 2023$3.09K

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
FY2024$345K-2.4%
FY2023$353K-2.4%
FY2022$362K-14.0%
FY2021$421K+11.8%
FY2020$376K-1.9%
FY2019$384K-6.2%
FY2018$409K-6.8%
FY2017$439K+5.0%
FY2016$418K+2.1%
FY2015$409K-1.4%
FY2014$415K-1.3%
FY2013$421Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$121K$117K+2.8%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$51.5K$71.1K-27.5%
Intergovernmental Revenues$480K$132K+263.4%
Charges for Services$284K$242K+17.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$2.5K$3.33K-25.0%
Miscellaneous Revenues$29.4K$24.6K+19.6%
Other Sourcesn/a$112Kn/a
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)$706K$369K+91.4%
Public Safety$108K$82.8K+30.6%
Physical Environment$188K$217K-13.3%
Transportation$50.5K$35.9K+40.7%
Culture / Recreation$31.7K$3.67K+765.7%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/a$112Kn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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