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Howey-in-the-Hills

Town, Lake County. Population 2,039 (2025), +5.4% on the prior year, +24.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Howey-in-the-Hills

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 3.15 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population2,039Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519792k high2025
Change since the prior year+5.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+24.1%2020 to 2025
Census 20201,6432020

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
20252,039estimate+5.4%
20241,934estimate+8.0%
20231,790estimate+0.7%
20221,778estimate+5.8%
20211,680estimate+2.3%
20201,643census+2.0%
20191,611estimate+7.5%
20181,499estimate+10.6%
20171,355estimate+7.5%
20161,260estimate+13.9%
20151,106estimate+1.6%
20141,089estimate+0.6%
20131,083estimate-1.3%
20121,097estimate-0.3%
20111,100estimate+0.2%
20101,098census-10.1%
20091,221estimate+0.5%
20081,215estimate-0.7%
20071,223estimate+5.8%
20061,156estimate+4.4%
20051,107estimate+4.7%
20041,057estimate+4.0%
20031,016estimate+3.5%
2002982estimate+3.3%
2001951estimate-0.5%
2000956census+15.9%
1999825estimate0.0%
1998825estimate-0.5%
1997829estimate+4.1%
1996796estimate+1.1%
1995787estimate+2.7%
1994766estimate+4.2%
1993735estimate-0.3%
1992737estimate+1.8%
1991724estimaten/a
1989638estimate-4.8%
1988670estimate+0.9%
1987664estimate+0.8%
1986659estimate-1.2%
1985667estimate-2.1%
1984681estimate+2.9%
1983662estimate+5.6%
1982627estimate-0.3%
1981629estimaten/a
1979650estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Lake County)4.9%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201618.5% highAug 2026
Labor force (Lake County)198,233Aug 2026
Employment (Lake County)188,443Aug 2026
Unemployed (Lake County)9,790Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.5%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.5%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 2026198,233188,4439,7904.9%
Jul 2026197,901187,9479,9545.0%
Jun 2026199,639189,8249,8154.9%
May 2026198,438188,9769,4624.8%
Apr 2026198,186188,4779,7094.9%
Mar 2026197,451187,9649,4874.8%
Feb 2026197,489187,05210,4375.3%
Jan 2026196,219185,61210,6075.4%
Dec 2025196,451186,9949,4574.8%
Nov 2025197,545187,05410,4915.3%
Sep 2025198,353189,4258,9284.5%
Aug 2025197,317188,4058,9124.5%
Jul 2025197,253188,6798,5744.3%
Jun 2025197,113188,9398,1744.1%
May 2025195,920188,5177,4033.8%
Apr 2025196,123189,0987,0253.6%
Mar 2025195,692188,5457,1473.7%
Feb 2025195,167187,8037,3643.8%
Jan 2025195,823188,2397,5843.9%
Dec 2024194,994188,5026,4923.3%
Nov 2024195,731188,4177,3143.7%
Oct 2024197,267190,0247,2433.7%
Sep 2024198,179190,8767,3033.7%
Aug 2024197,702189,9157,7873.9%
Jul 2024198,192190,3707,8223.9%
Jun 2024197,566190,2947,2723.7%
May 2024196,199189,9276,2723.2%
Apr 2024196,153190,2285,9253.0%
Mar 2024196,130189,8546,2763.2%
Feb 2024195,181188,7036,4783.3%
Jan 2024194,700187,9746,7263.5%
Dec 2023191,220185,3895,8313.0%
Nov 2023192,827186,5536,2743.3%
Oct 2023194,086187,6286,4583.3%
Sep 2023194,469187,9896,4803.3%
Aug 2023193,869187,1706,6993.5%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025196,614188,3368,2784.2%
2024196,499189,5906,9093.5%
2023191,838185,9775,8613.1%
2022183,700178,1335,5673.0%
2021170,456162,6487,8084.6%
2020163,814149,47114,3438.8%
2019168,754163,3925,3623.2%
2018162,203156,4625,7413.5%
2017156,505150,0256,4804.1%
2016151,720144,4587,2624.8%
2015140,647132,8177,8305.6%
2014137,555128,4079,1486.7%
2013134,677124,25310,4247.7%
2012132,998120,84112,1579.1%
2011133,417119,07314,34410.8%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses7New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses2Aug 2026
Lodging licenses3Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses2Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)95Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+31.9%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month6Sep 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: Howey In The Hills, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 34737.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)682023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)6132023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$27.6M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood2
2APSalcohol1
4COP-Salcohol1
2002-MOTLlodging1
2003-NAPTlodging1
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging1

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: Howey In The Hills)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies8663
Florida profit corporations58
Florida non-profit corporations31
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 34737: 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
3473768613$27.6M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months38Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20166 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+40.7%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$12.5MAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months38Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table42025

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 2026110$422K
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026110$422K
Apr 2026110$422K
Mar 2026550$1.6M
Feb 2026660$1.92M
Jan 2026550$1.6M
Dec 2025440$1.28M
Nov 2025440$1.28M
Oct 2025660$1.92M
Sep 2025550$1.6M
Aug 2025550$1.6M
Jul 2025550$1.6M
Jun 2025660$1.92M
May 2025550$1.6M
Apr 2025660$1.92M
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
2025440$1.69M
202472720$23M
2023000$0
2022000$0
2021330$936K
2020110$312K
2019110$312K
2018110$312K
2017110$312K
2016220$624K
2015110$312K
2014110$312K
2013000$0
2012000$0
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$359M
Total taxable value (non school)$222M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$247M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+9.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+18.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$328M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.73M2026 preliminary
Parcels9872026 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; 57% 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$244M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$8.91M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$2.99M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$47.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$15.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$2.07M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$3.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$34.5M2026 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
Residential702$244M$157M$1.49M565-3.7%
Commercial9$8.91M$8.78M$0n/a+49.0%
Industrial1$2.99M$2.68M$0n/a+149.4%
Agricultural93$47.5M$9.55M$208Kn/a+22.1%
Vacant141$15.3M$12.1M$18.6Kn/a+22.6%
Institutional5$2.07M$1.52M$0n/a+64.2%
Government13$3.5M$0$12.4Kn/a+17.4%
Other23$34.5M$30.4M$0n/a+202.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units919Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199090.0% high2024
Occupied units8322020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units872020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households7492020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households832020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate90.0%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)26.1%2025
Cost burdened renter households58.1%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%)27.6%2025
Median gross rent$1.63K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$292K2024

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 less0434
All households30.01-50% AMI43250
All households50.01-80% AMI574626
All households80.01-120% AMI88140
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI45780
Renters30% AMI or less0011
Renters30.01-50% AMI040
Renters50.01-80% AMI132818
Renters80.01-120% AMI400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2700
Owners30% AMI or less0423
Owners30.01-50% AMI42850
Owners50.01-80% AMI44188
Owners80.01-120% AMI84140
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI43080

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$86K15
1997$101K34
1998$70.7K26
1999$106K29
2000$98.1K25
2001$120K28
2002$120K24
2003$132K47
2004$150K60
2005$212K40
2006$231K36
2007$240K18
2008$172K22
2009$184K10
2010$139K9
2011$95.5K10
2012$108K10
2013$160K12
2014$152K14
2015$162K20

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$10.8KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$12.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$126KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$126KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-0.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$5.61KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$65.2KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$65.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+7.2%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$6.84MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+9.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$6.86MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+20.3%FY2024
Revenues per resident$3.54KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$883KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-12.9%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$10.8K
Aug 2026$10.3K
Jul 2026$10.6K
Jun 2026$11K
May 2026$11.7K
Apr 2026$9.91K
Mar 2026$10.3K
Feb 2026$11.4K
Jan 2026$9.94K
Dec 2025$10.4K
Nov 2025$10.2K
Oct 2025$10K
Sep 2025$11K
Aug 2025$10.5K
Jul 2025$10.8K
Jun 2025$11.4K
May 2025$11.9K
Apr 2025$10.9K
Mar 2025$9.91K
Feb 2025$11.3K
Jan 2025$10.7K
Dec 2024$10.1K
Nov 2024$9.42K
Oct 2024$9.81K
Sep 2024$9.93K
Aug 2024$10.3K
Jul 2024$10.6K
Jun 2024$11.1K
May 2024$12K
Apr 2024$10.9K
Mar 2024$10.5K
Feb 2024$12.1K
Jan 2024$10.4K
Dec 2023$10.8K
Nov 2023$11K
Oct 2023$10.1K

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$5.61K
Aug 2026$5.61K
Jul 2026$5.61K
Jun 2026$5.25K
May 2026$5.25K
Apr 2026$5.25K
Mar 2026$5.25K
Feb 2026$5.25K
Jan 2026$5.25K
Dec 2025$5.63K
Nov 2025$5.63K
Oct 2025$5.63K
Sep 2025$5.8K
Aug 2025$5.8K
Jul 2025$5.8K
Jun 2025$4.71K
May 2025$4.71K
Apr 2025$4.71K
Mar 2025$4.71K
Feb 2025$4.71K
Jan 2025$4.71K
Dec 2024$4.71K
Nov 2024$5.21K
Oct 2024$5.21K
Sep 2024$5.21K
Aug 2024$5.21K
Jul 2024$5.21K
Jun 2024$5.41K
May 2024$5.41K
Apr 2024$5.41K
Mar 2024$5.41K
Feb 2024$5.41K
Jan 2024$5.41K
Dec 2023$5.41K
Nov 2023$5.41K
Oct 2023$5.41K

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$883K-12.9%
FY2024$1.01M-16.1%
FY2023$1.21M-10.3%
FY2022$1.35M-7.5%
FY2021$1.46M-11.3%
FY2020$1.64M-8.2%
FY2019$1.79M-3.2%
FY2018$1.85M-8.7%
FY2017$2.03M-4.4%
FY2016$2.12M-6.9%
FY2015$2.28M-5.6%
FY2014$2.41M+20.9%
FY2013$1.99Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$2.01M$1.69M+18.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$1.02M$1.53M-33.2%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.01M$442K+128.5%
Charges for Services$1.9M$1.81M+4.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$7.66K$25.2K-69.6%
Miscellaneous Revenues$899K$348K+158.0%
Other Sourcesn/a$382Kn/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)$833K$803K+3.8%
Public Safety$1.88M$1.9M-1.2%
Physical Environment$3.36M$1.89M+77.8%
Transportation$102K$403K-74.7%
Culture / Recreation$689K$323K+113.2%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/a$382Kn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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