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Town, Gilchrist County. Population 558 (2025), +7.1% on the prior year, +7.7% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Bell

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.64 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population558Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979558 high2025
Change since the prior year+7.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+7.7%2020 to 2025
Census 20205182020

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
2025558estimate+7.1%
2024521estimate0.0%
2023521estimate+1.2%
2022515estimate0.0%
2021515estimate-0.6%
2020518census-0.6%
2019521estimate+4.6%
2018498estimate0.0%
2017498estimate+1.4%
2016491estimate-8.6%
2015537estimate+8.0%
2014497estimate+15.6%
2013430estimate+1.2%
2012425estimate-3.4%
2011440estimate-3.5%
2010456census+9.9%
2009415estimate-9.8%
2008460estimate+1.8%
2007452estimate0.0%
2006452estimate0.0%
2005452estimate+4.4%
2004433estimate+7.2%
2003404estimate+6.9%
2002378estimate+3.6%
2001365estimate+4.6%
2000349census+29.7%
1999269estimate-4.6%
1998282estimate-0.7%
1997284estimate-0.7%
1996286estimate0.0%
1995286estimate+2.5%
1994279estimate-1.1%
1993282estimate+1.1%
1992279estimate+9.0%
1991256estimaten/a
1989217estimate-7.3%
1988234estimate+9.3%
1987214estimate+3.9%
1986206estimate+4.0%
1985198estimate-2.9%
1984204estimate-4.7%
1983214estimate-5.7%
1982227estimate0.0%
1981227estimaten/a
1979329estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Gilchrist County)5.0%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20167.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Gilchrist County)8,013Aug 2026
Employment (Gilchrist County)7,613Aug 2026
Unemployed (Gilchrist County)400Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.6%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 20268,0137,6134005.0%
Jul 20268,0647,6454195.2%
Jun 20268,0847,6784065.0%
May 20268,1457,7394065.0%
Apr 20268,2947,8864084.9%
Mar 20268,2747,8763984.8%
Feb 20268,2947,8484465.4%
Jan 20268,1767,7194575.6%
Dec 20258,1987,8113874.7%
Nov 20258,2567,8204365.3%
Sep 20258,3247,9583664.4%
Aug 20258,0077,6353724.6%
Jul 20258,0767,7273494.3%
Jun 20258,0457,7253204.0%
May 20258,0907,7962943.6%
Apr 20258,2798,0062733.3%
Mar 20258,2587,9742843.4%
Feb 20258,2407,9492913.5%
Jan 20258,1557,8453103.8%
Dec 20248,1497,8932563.1%
Nov 20248,2077,9132943.6%
Oct 20248,2837,9962873.5%
Sep 20248,3288,0432853.4%
Aug 20248,0377,7223153.9%
Jul 20248,0987,7793193.9%
Jun 20248,0737,7713023.7%
May 20248,0217,7602613.3%
Apr 20248,2147,9732412.9%
Mar 20248,0977,8342633.2%
Feb 20248,1797,9142653.2%
Jan 20248,1157,8592563.2%
Dec 20238,0177,7932242.8%
Nov 20238,1487,8982503.1%
Oct 20238,2267,9682583.1%
Sep 20238,2527,9832693.3%
Aug 20237,9807,7202603.3%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20258,1767,8413354.1%
20248,1507,8712793.4%
20238,0837,8472362.9%
20227,6867,4632232.9%
20217,4737,1992743.7%
20207,1416,7923494.9%
20197,4167,1762403.2%
20187,2396,9812583.6%
20177,1366,8392974.2%
20167,1186,7783404.8%
20156,4936,1213725.7%
20146,5216,0644577.0%
20136,5866,0455418.2%
20126,6666,0406269.4%
20116,8356,12071510.5%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses9New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses3Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses5Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)86Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+17.8%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month5Sep 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: Bell, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32619.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)632023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)3552023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$13.8M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2APSalcohol5
2010-SEATfood2
2014-MFDVfood1
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: Bell)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies7766
Florida profit corporations34
Florida non-profit corporations62
Out of state entities registering in Florida01
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32619: 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
3261963355$13.8M

Property roll

2026 final
Total just value$167M
Total taxable value (non school)$54.7M2026 final
Total taxable value (school)$63.1M2026 final
Just value, change on the prior roll+4.2%2025 final roll to 2026 final
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+10.0%2025 final roll to 2026 final
Total just value, prior roll$160M2025 final roll
New construction value$3.31M2026 final
Parcels7802026 final

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; 24% 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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Qualified sales, last 12 months0Jun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$55.5M2026 final
Just value, commercial$4.19M2026 final
Just value, industrial$929K2026 final
Just value, agricultural$87M2026 final
Just value, vacant$5.24M2026 final
Just value, institutional$1.4M2026 final
Just value, government$10.4M2026 final
Just value, other$2.16M2026 final

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
Residential335$55.5M$30.9M$2.7M326+7.2%
Commercial12$4.19M$4.16M$296Kn/a+8.1%
Industrial2$929K$886K$61.7Kn/a+15.0%
Agricultural243$87M$12.8M$237Kn/a+2.8%
Vacant137$5.24M$4.1M$14.3Kn/a+3.5%
Institutional4$1.4M$0$0n/a-1.0%
Government28$10.4M$50.8K$0n/a+0.7%
Other19$2.16M$1.75M$0n/a-2.9%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units230Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199076.0% high2024
Occupied units2072020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units232020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1522020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households552020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate73.4%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)21.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households21.1%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%)14.0%2025
Median gross rent$1.0K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$254K2024

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 less13515
All households30.01-50% AMI1690
All households50.01-80% AMI3559
All households80.01-120% AMI1900
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI7600
Renters30% AMI or less404
Renters30.01-50% AMI040
Renters50.01-80% AMI804
Renters80.01-120% AMI1000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2300
Owners30% AMI or less9511
Owners30.01-50% AMI1650
Owners50.01-80% AMI2755
Owners80.01-120% AMI900
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI5300

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$47K1
1997n/an/a
1998$63.9K1
1999$65K1
2000$52K1
2001n/an/a
2002$54K4
2003$36.6K2
2004$87.5K5
2005$90K5
2006$56K2
2007$77K2
2008$190K1
2009$72.5K2
2010$150K1
2011$119K1
2012n/an/a
2013n/an/a
2014$99K2
2015n/an/a

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$2.01KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$3.26K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$19.1KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$19.1KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+22.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$1.69KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$19.6KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$19.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before0.0%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$317KFY2023
Revenues, change on the year before-41.1%FY2023
Total expenditures$197KFY2023
Expenditures, change on the year before-56.8%FY2023
Revenues per resident$0.6KFY2023
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$0FY2024

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$2.01K
Aug 2026$1.79K
Jul 2026$1.61K
Jun 2026$2.24K
May 2026$1.6K
Apr 2026$1.27K
Mar 2026$1.53K
Feb 2026$1.5K
Jan 2026$1.13K
Dec 2025$1.55K
Nov 2025$1.64K
Oct 2025$1.27K
Sep 2025$1.47K
Aug 2025$1.45K
Jul 2025$1.52K
Jun 2025$1.46K
May 2025$1.36K
Apr 2025$1.36K
Mar 2025$1.3K
Feb 2025$0.8K
Jan 2025$1.1K
Dec 2024$1.28K
Nov 2024$1.3K
Oct 2024$1.17K
Sep 2024$1.38K
Aug 2024$1.71K
Jul 2024$1.64K
Jun 2024$1.48K
May 2024$1.65K
Apr 2024$1.49K
Mar 2024$1.4K
Feb 2024$1.24K
Jan 2024$1.11K
Dec 2023$1.26K
Nov 2023$1.11K
Oct 2023$1.42K

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$1.69K
Aug 2026$1.69K
Jul 2026$1.69K
Jun 2026$1.58K
May 2026$1.58K
Apr 2026$1.58K
Mar 2026$1.58K
Feb 2026$1.58K
Jan 2026$1.58K
Dec 2025$1.68K
Nov 2025$1.68K
Oct 2025$1.68K
Sep 2025$1.73K
Aug 2025$1.73K
Jul 2025$1.73K
Jun 2025$1.56K
May 2025$1.56K
Apr 2025$1.56K
Mar 2025$1.56K
Feb 2025$1.56K
Jan 2025$1.56K
Dec 2024$1.56K
Nov 2024$1.72K
Oct 2024$1.72K
Sep 2024$1.72K
Aug 2024$1.72K
Jul 2024$1.72K
Jun 2024$1.68K
May 2024$1.68K
Apr 2024$1.68K
Mar 2024$1.68K
Feb 2024$1.68K
Jan 2024$1.68K
Dec 2023$1.68K
Nov 2023$1.68K
Oct 2023$1.68K

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$0n/a
FY2023$0-100.0%
FY2022$4.82K-51.6%
FY2021$9.94K-36.9%
FY2020$15.8K-22.6%
FY2019$20.3Kn/a
FY2018$0-100.0%
FY2017$1.81K-95.6%
FY2016$40.7Kn/a
FY2015$0-100.0%
FY2014$40.9K0.0%
FY2013$40.9Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2023

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

CategoryFY2023FY2022Change
General Government Taxes$181K$200K-9.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$80.1K$6.21K+1190.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$43.9K$315K-86.1%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$1.14K$0.6K+85.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$11.5K$17.1K-32.9%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Other Sourcesn/an/an/a
Charges for Servicesn/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2023

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

CategoryFY2023FY2022Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$176K$437K-59.8%
Public Safety$3.14K$1.52K+106.1%
Transportation$10.6K$11K-3.6%
Human Services$3K$1.8K+66.7%
Culture / Recreation$4.44K$4.14K+7.2%
Physical Environmentn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$46MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$46M high2026
Change on a year earlier+13.6%June 30, 2026
Change, real+10.1%June 30, 2026
Branches2June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 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 Bell.

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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
Lafayette State BankBell Office Branch1119 S Main StBell$23.7M
Capital City BankBell Branch690 S. US Hwy 129Bell$22.3M

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