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Eagle Lake

City, Polk County. Population 6,206 (2025), +26.6% on the prior year, +106.3% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Eagle Lake

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.6 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population6,206Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519796.2k high2025
Change since the prior year+26.6%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+106.3%2020 to 2025
Census 20203,0082020

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
20256,206estimate+26.6%
20244,902estimate+26.9%
20233,863estimate+13.9%
20223,391estimate+6.3%
20213,191estimate+6.1%
20203,008census+13.6%
20192,649estimate+2.9%
20182,574estimate+1.9%
20172,525estimate+3.6%
20162,437estimate+2.1%
20152,387estimate+2.2%
20142,335estimate+1.3%
20132,306estimate+0.9%
20122,286estimate0.0%
20112,286estimate+1.4%
20102,255census-20.2%
20092,825estimate+3.4%
20082,732estimate+1.1%
20072,702estimate+1.6%
20062,659estimate+5.5%
20052,521estimate+0.4%
20042,511estimate+0.2%
20032,507estimate-0.2%
20022,512estimate+0.4%
20012,501estimate+0.2%
20002,496census+31.7%
19991,895estimate-1.5%
19981,923estimate+0.7%
19971,909estimate+0.3%
19961,903estimate+0.7%
19951,889estimate-1.8%
19941,923estimate-0.6%
19931,934estimate+1.3%
19921,909estimate+9.7%
19911,740estimaten/a
19892,034estimate-1.6%
19882,067estimate+0.2%
19872,063estimate+0.2%
19862,059estimate+10.9%
19851,857estimate+0.3%
19841,851estimate+0.2%
19831,847estimate+1.5%
19821,820estimate+4.4%
19811,744estimaten/a
19791,650estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Polk County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201617.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Polk County)364,197Aug 2026
Employment (Polk County)343,756Aug 2026
Unemployed (Polk County)20,441Aug 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 2026364,197343,75620,4415.6%
Jul 2026362,522341,41321,1095.8%
Jun 2026364,274343,47820,7965.7%
May 2026363,558343,57619,9825.5%
Apr 2026364,145343,85420,2915.6%
Mar 2026362,888343,28519,6035.4%
Feb 2026363,155342,11021,0455.8%
Jan 2026361,659339,79521,8646.0%
Dec 2025363,620343,70019,9205.5%
Nov 2025364,310342,70521,6055.9%
Sep 2025364,322345,52918,7935.2%
Aug 2025361,457342,33819,1195.3%
Jul 2025360,017341,49518,5225.1%
Jun 2025360,223342,53717,6864.9%
May 2025358,677342,94815,7294.4%
Apr 2025359,401344,73714,6644.1%
Mar 2025359,494344,32715,1674.2%
Feb 2025357,482342,30215,1804.2%
Jan 2025358,495342,73315,7624.4%
Dec 2024358,224344,05314,1714.0%
Nov 2024358,198342,42315,7754.4%
Oct 2024358,684343,09615,5884.3%
Sep 2024361,678345,66716,0114.4%
Aug 2024360,421342,88917,5324.9%
Jul 2024359,181341,85317,3284.8%
Jun 2024358,500342,03216,4684.6%
May 2024355,735341,95413,7813.9%
Apr 2024355,965343,23312,7323.6%
Mar 2024357,145343,50913,6363.8%
Feb 2024355,198341,45213,7463.9%
Jan 2024355,708341,35814,3504.0%
Dec 2023354,901341,89913,0023.7%
Nov 2023356,901343,19413,7073.8%
Oct 2023357,867343,56214,3054.0%
Sep 2023359,253345,17714,0763.9%
Aug 2023357,640342,62115,0194.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025360,682343,21417,4684.8%
2024357,886342,79315,0934.2%
2023354,607341,61112,9963.7%
2022345,008332,65612,3523.6%
2021335,175317,18617,9895.4%
2020324,916294,93729,9799.2%
2019312,351300,85811,4933.7%
2018304,709292,29412,4154.1%
2017299,416285,42013,9964.7%
2016294,128278,23215,8965.4%
2015279,675261,82217,8536.4%
2014276,988256,26120,7277.5%
2013277,216253,37323,8438.6%
2012275,040247,66427,37610.0%
2011276,095244,51331,58211.4%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$39.6M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017n/a2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$36.3M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing errorn/a2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017n/a2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022n/a2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing errorn/a2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)n/a$36.3Mn/an/a
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)n/an/an/an/a
  • first published in 2022 for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): no back-test for this sector
  • no Census anchor for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses16New licenses by month, Feb 2020 to Aug 2026Feb 20201 highAug 2026
Food service licenses3Aug 2026
Lodging licenses6Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses7Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)160Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+39.1%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month7Sep 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: Eagle Lake, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 33839.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)522023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)2822023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$10.4M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2APSalcohol5
2010-SEATfood3
2003-NAPTlodging3
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging3
2COPalcohol1
3PSalcohol1

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: Eagle Lake)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies145103
Florida profit corporations710
Florida non-profit corporations71
Out of state entities registering in Florida11
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 33839: 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
3383952282$10.4M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months224Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200987 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-18.8%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$66.2MAug 2026
Units, latest month17Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months224Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table2212025

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 202617170$5.46M
Jul 202616160$5.12M
Jun 2026770$1.93M
May 202633330$10.6M
Apr 2026880$2.16M
Mar 202656560$17.1M
Feb 202637370$11.4M
Jan 2026220$419K
Dec 202529290$5.45M
Nov 2025110$320K
Oct 202513130$4.45M
Sep 2025550$1.77M
Aug 202533330$10.2M
Jul 2025330$710K
Jun 202543430$183K
May 202511110$3.32M
Apr 202515150$4.97M
Mar 2025220$777K
Feb 2025770$2.14M
Jan 202559590$18.7M
Dec 2024220$522K
Nov 2024880$3.03M
Oct 202449490$16.7M
Sep 202444440$14M
Aug 202426260$7.64M
Jul 2024110$417K
Jun 2024550$1.39M
May 202426260$8.56M
Apr 202421210$7.08M
Mar 202430300$9.57M
Feb 202435350$11.6M
Jan 202462620$19.6M
Dec 202387870$28.8M
Nov 202349490$16.1M
Oct 202345450$15.5M
Sep 202359590$19.8M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20252212210$53M
20243093090$100M
20235005000$160M
20222272270$75.1M
20211321320$32.2M
202035350$6.03M
201976760$14M
201869690$13.2M
201732320$3.84M
201624240$4.44M
2015440$742K
2014550$691K
2013770$1.01M
2012880$1.06M
2011220$219K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$475M
Total taxable value (non school)$302M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$339M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-1.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+0.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$480M2025 final roll
New construction value$9.19M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,3322026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 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; 59% 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$219K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months70Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$300KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$391M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$12.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$16.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$10.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$10.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$8.89M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$23.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.26M2026 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
Residential1,892$391M$263M$8.5M2,000-1.2%
Commercial32$12.9M$11.8M$33.9Kn/a-1.8%
Industrial8$16.4M$12.5M$3.2Kn/a-5.0%
Agricultural40$10.1M$3.24M$2.15Kn/a+8.6%
Vacant273$10.8M$9.78M$1.9Kn/a+2.1%
Institutional12$8.89M$696K$654Kn/a+8.5%
Government41$23.8M$0$0n/a-5.1%
Other35$1.26M$1.24M$0n/a+4.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,435Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199076.0% high2024
Occupied units1,2262020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2092020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households9312020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2952020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate75.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)28.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households34.7%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%)9.2%2025
Median gross rent$1.69K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$315K2024

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 less400123
All households30.01-50% AMI281999
All households50.01-80% AMI2341478
All households80.01-120% AMI105510
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,0731370
Renters30% AMI or less0054
Renters30.01-50% AMI0110
Renters50.01-80% AMI85990
Renters80.01-120% AMI28110
RentersGreater than 120% AMI269280
Owners30% AMI or less40069
Owners30.01-50% AMI28899
Owners50.01-80% AMI149488
Owners80.01-120% AMI77400
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI8041090

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$53K28
1997$53K17
1998$45K17
1999$61.1K24
2000$65K19
2001$65.1K37
2002$73K25
2003$72.5K37
2004$76K32
2005$159K64
2006$240K116
2007$168K37
2008$164K49
2009$127K31
2010$125K30
2011$77.5K20
2012$112K25
2013$117K34
2014$133K24
2015$107K21

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$28.9KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$31.6K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$346KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$346KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+17.3%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$21.7KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$215KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$215KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+24.3%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$22.6MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+11.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$13MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+21.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$4.61KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$650KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+27.8%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$28.9K
Aug 2026$28.3K
Jul 2026$28.3K
Jun 2026$29.8K
May 2026$31.6K
Apr 2026$29.4K
Mar 2026$28.2K
Feb 2026$31.1K
Jan 2026$27K
Dec 2025$28.6K
Nov 2025$27.6K
Oct 2025$26.9K
Sep 2025$24.8K
Aug 2025$24K
Jul 2025$25K
Jun 2025$26.3K
May 2025$27.2K
Apr 2025$26.2K
Mar 2025$23.6K
Feb 2025$25.9K
Jan 2025$23.7K
Dec 2024$23.9K
Nov 2024$21.7K
Oct 2024$22.3K
Sep 2024$21.9K
Aug 2024$21.4K
Jul 2024$22.3K
Jun 2024$23.5K
May 2024$24.8K
Apr 2024$23.9K
Mar 2024$22K
Feb 2024$24.1K
Jan 2024$21.8K
Dec 2023$22.5K
Nov 2023$21.8K
Oct 2023$22.6K

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$21.7K
Aug 2026$21.7K
Jul 2026$21.7K
Jun 2026$16.2K
May 2026$16.2K
Apr 2026$16.2K
Mar 2026$16.2K
Feb 2026$16.2K
Jan 2026$16.2K
Dec 2025$17.4K
Nov 2025$17.4K
Oct 2025$17.4K
Sep 2025$17.9K
Aug 2025$17.9K
Jul 2025$17.9K
Jun 2025$12.9K
May 2025$12.9K
Apr 2025$12.9K
Mar 2025$12.9K
Feb 2025$12.9K
Jan 2025$12.9K
Dec 2024$12.9K
Nov 2024$14.2K
Oct 2024$14.2K
Sep 2024$14.2K
Aug 2024$14.2K
Jul 2024$14.2K
Jun 2024$13.7K
May 2024$13.7K
Apr 2024$13.7K
Mar 2024$13.7K
Feb 2024$13.7K
Jan 2024$13.7K
Dec 2023$13.7K
Nov 2023$13.7K
Oct 2023$13.7K

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$650K+27.8%
FY2024$508K-5.9%
FY2023$540K-3.7%
FY2022$561K-39.8%
FY2021$932K-52.4%
FY2020$1.96M-9.5%
FY2019$2.16M-8.5%
FY2018$2.37M-7.6%
FY2017$2.56M-7.5%
FY2016$2.77M+8.4%
FY2015$2.55M-7.9%
FY2014$2.77M-3.8%
FY2013$2.88Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$2.6M$1.89M+37.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$13.1M$12.6M+4.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$932K$1.12M-16.5%
Charges for Services$5.15M$4.18M+23.3%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$18.3K$9.91K+84.7%
Miscellaneous Revenues$460K$315K+45.9%
Other Sources$294K$193K+52.2%
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)$7.72M$6.37M+21.1%
Public Safety$1.31M$1.35M-3.3%
Physical Environment$2.5M$2.08M+20.4%
Transportation$530K$181K+192.0%
Economic Environment$45.5K$36.2K+25.9%
Culture / Recreation$658K$489K+34.5%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$253K$193K+31.1%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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