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Zolfo Springs

Town, Hardee County. Population 1,804 (2025), -1.7% on the prior year, +3.9% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population1,804Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519791.8k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.7%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+3.9%2020 to 2025
Census 20201,7372020

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
20251,804estimate-1.7%
20241,836estimate+4.7%
20231,753estimate-0.3%
20221,758estimate+1.4%
20211,734estimate-0.2%
20201,737census-2.3%
20191,778estimate-1.0%
20181,796estimate-1.2%
20171,817estimate+0.2%
20161,813estimate+0.6%
20151,803estimate-0.2%
20141,807estimate-0.6%
20131,818estimate+0.4%
20121,810estimate-0.9%
20111,827estimate0.0%
20101,827census+12.8%
20091,619estimate-0.6%
20081,629estimate+1.1%
20071,612estimate+3.9%
20061,551estimate+0.2%
20051,548estimate-6.9%
20041,662estimate+1.2%
20031,642estimate+0.8%
20021,629estimate+1.4%
20011,607estimate-2.1%
20001,641census+32.2%
19991,241estimate-2.1%
19981,268estimate+1.1%
19971,254estimate+0.6%
19961,247estimate-1.3%
19951,264estimate+0.8%
19941,254estimate+0.4%
19931,249estimate+1.5%
19921,231estimate+0.3%
19911,227estimaten/a
19891,652estimate+0.8%
19881,639estimate+1.4%
19871,617estimate+1.4%
19861,595estimate+0.4%
19851,588estimate-0.6%
19841,598estimate+0.4%
19831,592estimate+0.9%
19821,578estimate+4.3%
19811,513estimaten/a
19791,329estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Hardee County)5.5%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201610.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Hardee County)10,376Aug 2026
Employment (Hardee County)9,803Aug 2026
Unemployed (Hardee County)573Aug 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 202610,3769,8035735.5%
Jul 202610,0139,4116026.0%
Jun 202610,2679,6885795.6%
May 202610,5249,9815435.2%
Apr 202610,4699,9225475.2%
Mar 202610,57210,0275455.2%
Feb 202610,5779,9945835.5%
Jan 202610,4239,8206035.8%
Dec 202510,5389,9755635.3%
Nov 202510,4999,8796205.9%
Sep 202510,3849,8705144.9%
Aug 202510,2909,7445465.3%
Jul 20259,8519,3205315.4%
Jun 202510,2309,7544764.7%
May 202510,52210,0894334.1%
Apr 202510,39610,0043923.8%
Mar 202510,3329,9084244.1%
Feb 202510,2619,8474144.0%
Jan 202510,2459,8164294.2%
Dec 202410,2709,8963743.6%
Nov 202410,1959,7514444.4%
Oct 202410,1679,7484194.1%
Sep 202410,1349,6754594.5%
Aug 202410,1569,6375195.1%
Jul 20249,6309,1634674.8%
Jun 20249,7809,3164644.7%
May 202410,1849,8003843.8%
Apr 202410,1619,8113503.4%
Mar 202410,48110,0903913.7%
Feb 202410,39910,0273723.6%
Jan 202410,38110,0173643.5%
Dec 202310,45710,1223353.2%
Nov 202310,40510,0413643.5%
Oct 202310,45610,0623943.8%
Sep 202310,42210,0214013.8%
Aug 202310,2399,7904494.4%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202510,3239,8374864.7%
202410,1619,7444174.1%
202310,2959,9333623.5%
20229,7619,4213403.5%
20219,8539,4234304.4%
20209,3908,8265646.0%
20199,2848,8634214.5%
20189,6879,2324554.7%
20179,8309,3145165.2%
201610,1299,5266036.0%
201510,0819,3697127.1%
201410,2909,4688228.0%
201310,99210,0449488.6%
201211,75310,6711,0829.2%
201111,88210,6651,21710.2%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses10New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses4Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses5Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)93Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+10.7%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: Zolfo Springs, 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
2APSalcohol3
2010-SEATfood3
1APSalcohol2
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: Zolfo Springs)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies7272
Florida profit corporations1511
Florida non-profit corporations31
Out of state entities registering in Florida20
Partnerships, trusts and other filings10

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$271M
Total taxable value (non school)$76.3M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$90.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+9.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$262M2025 final roll
New construction value$2.09M2026 preliminary
Parcels9652026 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; 38% 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$150K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months14Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$279KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$80.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$11.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$3.09M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$147M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$6.85M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$4.68M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$15.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.03M2026 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
Residential512$80.9M$40.4M$1.34M543+0.8%
Commercial31$11.5M$9.8M$62.4Kn/a-1.4%
Industrial12$3.09M$2.87M$0n/a+9.1%
Agricultural204$147M$15.5M$610Kn/a+4.8%
Vacant141$6.85M$4.9M$48.7Kn/a+7.9%
Institutional17$4.68M$592K$10Kn/a+2.7%
Government34$15.9M$1.32M$17.1Kn/a+2.7%
Other14$1.03M$827K$0n/a-2.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units730Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199076.0% high2024
Occupied units6782020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units522020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4782020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2002020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate70.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)35.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households44.1%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%)7.5%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units21Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.0K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$175K2024

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 less4069
All households30.01-50% AMI429022
All households50.01-80% AMI6494
All households80.01-120% AMI48110
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI21400
Renters30% AMI or less009
Renters30.01-50% AMI11635
Renters50.01-80% AMI2250
Renters80.01-120% AMI2300
RentersGreater than 120% AMI4800
Owners30% AMI or less4060
Owners30.01-50% AMI312717
Owners50.01-80% AMI4244
Owners80.01-120% AMI25110
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI16600

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$32.5K13
1997$41K8
1998$45.8K9
1999$48.6K12
2000$40K7
2001$34.5K8
2002$48K15
2003$52K14
2004$46.5K8
2005$56K20
2006$80K21
2007$102K8
2008$77.2K16
2009$89.9K3
2010$66.6K3
2011$25K1
2012$54K6
2013$53K3
2014$56.6K4
2015$104K7

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Casa San Alfonso2998 Holy Redeemer WayZolfo Springs2121

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$5.61KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$8.21K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$73.4KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$73.4KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$9.51KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$120KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$120KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.3%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$3.44MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-4.5%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.9MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-23.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.87KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.22MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-3.0%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$5.61K
Aug 2026$6.17K
Jul 2026$6.08K
Jun 2026$6.13K
May 2026$7.28K
Apr 2026$6.83K
Mar 2026$6.3K
Feb 2026$6.5K
Jan 2026$5.25K
Dec 2025$5.88K
Nov 2025$5.87K
Oct 2025$5.49K
Sep 2025$6.1K
Aug 2025$6.81K
Jul 2025$6.78K
Jun 2025$6.82K
May 2025$7.04K
Apr 2025$6.45K
Mar 2025$6.63K
Feb 2025$6.69K
Jan 2025$5.99K
Dec 2024$5.75K
Nov 2024$5.32K
Oct 2024$6K
Sep 2024$6.23K
Aug 2024$5.65K
Jul 2024$6.99K
Jun 2024$6.97K
May 2024$7.49K
Apr 2024$7.5K
Mar 2024$6.24K
Feb 2024$6.78K
Jan 2024$6.76K
Dec 2023$6.82K
Nov 2023$7.79K
Oct 2023$6.19K

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$9.51K
Aug 2026$9.51K
Jul 2026$9.51K
Jun 2026$9.91K
May 2026$9.91K
Apr 2026$9.91K
Mar 2026$9.91K
Feb 2026$9.91K
Jan 2026$9.91K
Dec 2025$10.6K
Nov 2025$10.6K
Oct 2025$10.6K
Sep 2025$10.9K
Aug 2025$10.9K
Jul 2025$10.9K
Jun 2025$9.28K
May 2025$9.28K
Apr 2025$9.28K
Mar 2025$9.28K
Feb 2025$9.28K
Jan 2025$9.28K
Dec 2024$9.28K
Nov 2024$10.3K
Oct 2024$10.3K
Sep 2024$10.3K
Aug 2024$10.3K
Jul 2024$10.3K
Jun 2024$10.7K
May 2024$10.7K
Apr 2024$10.7K
Mar 2024$10.7K
Feb 2024$10.7K
Jan 2024$10.7K
Dec 2023$10.7K
Nov 2023$10.7K
Oct 2023$10.7K

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$1.22M-3.0%
FY2024$1.25M-2.9%
FY2023$1.29M-2.8%
FY2022$1.33M-2.6%
FY2021$1.36M-2.5%
FY2020$1.4M-2.4%
FY2019$1.43M-2.3%
FY2018$1.47M-2.2%
FY2017$1.5M-2.1%
FY2016$1.53M-2.2%
FY2015$1.57M-2.2%
FY2014$1.6M-4.5%
FY2013$1.68Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$622K$571K+9.0%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$96.3K$104K-7.4%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.48M$1.48M+0.3%
Charges for Services$984K$970K+1.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$101K$69.2K+46.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$137K$147K-6.7%
Other Sources$17.6K$263K-93.3%
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)$312K$248K+26.1%
Public Safety$212K$185K+15.1%
Physical Environment$1.67M$1.92M-13.2%
Transportation$487K$1.41M-65.5%
Culture / Recreation$205K$27K+661.2%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$17.5K$10.1K+73.7%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$0Deposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$18.6M 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 Zolfo Springs.

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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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