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Webster

City, Sumter County. Population 953 (2025), +0.5% on the prior year, +22.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Webster

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.51 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population953Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979953 high2025
Change since the prior year+0.5%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+22.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20207782020

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
2025953estimate+0.5%
2024948estimate0.0%
2023948estimate+18.8%
2022798estimate+0.5%
2021794estimate+2.1%
2020778census-4.8%
2019817estimate-0.1%
2018818estimate+1.6%
2017805estimate+0.2%
2016803estimate+4.6%
2015768estimate-0.1%
2014769estimate+2.0%
2013754estimate-2.6%
2012774estimate+0.8%
2011768estimate-2.2%
2010785census+0.1%
2009784estimate-0.3%
2008786estimate+1.2%
2007777estimate+1.3%
2006767estimate-0.6%
2005772estimate-3.5%
2004800estimate-0.2%
2003802estimate+0.6%
2002797estimate-0.6%
2001802estimate-0.4%
2000805census-6.4%
1999860estimate+3.5%
1998831estimate+1.6%
1997818estimate-4.2%
1996854estimate+2.6%
1995832estimate+0.2%
1994830estimate+2.9%
1993807estimate+3.6%
1992779estimate-1.0%
1991787estimaten/a
1989755estimate+0.3%
1988753estimate0.0%
1987753estimate-1.4%
1986764estimate+2.6%
1985745estimate-0.8%
1984751estimate+3.7%
1983724estimate-6.3%
1982773estimate-9.7%
1981856estimaten/a
1979828estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Sumter County)7.9%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Sumter County)35,343Aug 2026
Employment (Sumter County)32,557Aug 2026
Unemployed (Sumter County)2,786Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier7.1%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.4%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 202635,34332,5572,7867.9%
Jul 202635,00032,2432,7577.9%
Jun 202635,66432,8912,7737.8%
May 202635,32332,6642,6597.5%
Apr 202635,44332,6352,8087.9%
Mar 202635,41332,6642,7497.8%
Feb 202635,73132,6013,1308.8%
Jan 202635,47932,2583,2219.1%
Dec 202535,19332,5282,6657.6%
Nov 202535,55532,5243,0318.5%
Sep 202535,56532,9102,6557.5%
Aug 202535,19332,6802,5137.1%
Jul 202534,85632,3962,4607.1%
Jun 202534,80632,4742,3326.7%
May 202534,74332,6962,0475.9%
Apr 202534,86032,7892,0715.9%
Mar 202534,66832,7331,9355.6%
Feb 202534,52532,3412,1846.3%
Jan 202534,52432,2512,2736.6%
Dec 202434,15832,3131,8455.4%
Nov 202434,05732,0342,0235.9%
Oct 202434,39432,3342,0606.0%
Sep 202434,67132,4602,2116.4%
Aug 202434,43032,2222,2086.4%
Jul 202434,32231,9542,3686.9%
Jun 202434,17632,1991,9775.8%
May 202433,93532,1551,7805.2%
Apr 202433,82932,1151,7145.1%
Mar 202433,99032,2691,7215.1%
Feb 202433,97131,9831,9885.9%
Jan 202433,73431,6952,0396.0%
Dec 202333,47731,7811,6965.1%
Nov 202333,56731,7781,7895.3%
Oct 202333,75431,9561,7985.3%
Sep 202334,12332,0942,0295.9%
Aug 202333,84031,8621,9785.8%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202534,95432,5752,3796.8%
202434,13932,1441,9955.8%
202333,39531,6921,7035.1%
202231,86730,2831,5845.0%
202129,75127,8671,8846.3%
202027,81925,2102,6099.4%
201927,56126,0681,4935.4%
201826,51424,9401,5745.9%
201725,65123,8551,7967.0%
201625,09223,0572,0358.1%
201528,60926,3872,2227.8%
201428,13225,6912,4418.7%
201327,44124,7832,6589.7%
201226,67823,7602,91810.9%
201125,98322,7623,22112.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses22New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses13Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses7Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months2Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)240Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+34.1%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month18Sep 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: Webster, 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
2014-MFDVfood7
2APSalcohol4
2COPalcohol3
2010-SEATfood3
2010-NOSTfood2
2003-NAPTlodging2
2014-HTDGfood1

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: Webster)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies216151
Florida profit corporations1612
Florida non-profit corporations213
Out of state entities registering in Florida63
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Feb 2010
Housing units permitted, last 12 months1Housing units permitted by month, May 2008 to Feb 2010May 20083 highFeb 2010
Permit valuation, last 12 months$129KFeb 2010
Units, latest month0Feb 2010
Single family units, last 12 months1Feb 2010
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Feb 2010
Units, latest annual table02010

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
Feb 2010000$0
Jan 2010000$0
Dec 2009000$0
Nov 2009000$0
Oct 2009000$0
Sep 2009000$0
Aug 2009110$129K
Jul 2009000$0
Jun 2009000$0
May 2009000$0
Apr 2009000$0
Mar 2009000$0
Feb 2009000$0
Jan 2009000$0
Dec 2008000$0
Nov 2008000$0
Oct 2008110$57.1K
Sep 2008000$0
Aug 2008000$0
Jul 2008000$0
Jun 2008000$0
May 2008330$417K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2010000$0
2009110$129K
2008550$646K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$280M
Total taxable value (non school)$119M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$138M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+5.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+16.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$266M2025 final roll
New construction value$12.4M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,5172026 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; 76% 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$151K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months18Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$252KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$100M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$18.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$7.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$114M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$8.79M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$6.22M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$20.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$4.38M2026 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
Residential614$100M$64.9M$10.3M632+18.3%
Commercial81$18.6M$14.7M$828Kn/a+9.0%
Industrial9$7.3M$6.94M$0n/a+3.5%
Agricultural433$114M$22.3M$1.11Mn/a-4.7%
Vacant283$8.79M$6.84M$0n/a-6.8%
Institutional21$6.22M$3.63K$0n/a-10.1%
Government46$20.6M$0$69.1Kn/a+9.8%
Other31$4.38M$3.48M$74.5Kn/a+72.5%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units591Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199070.0% high2024
Occupied units5022020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units892020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households3492020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1532020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate69.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)37.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households63.8%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%)46.9%2025
Assisted housing developments2Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units36Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.7K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$225K2024

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 less152170
All households30.01-50% AMI20137
All households50.01-80% AMI22010
All households80.01-120% AMI4000
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI11130
Renters30% AMI or less41857
Renters30.01-50% AMI1744
Renters50.01-80% AMI900
Renters80.01-120% AMI400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1300
Owners30% AMI or less11313
Owners30.01-50% AMI393
Owners50.01-80% AMI13010
Owners80.01-120% AMI3600
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI9830

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$21.8K4
1997$15.5K1
1998$40.6K3
1999$39.5K5
2000$31.6K1
2001$59.5K10
2002$32.5K10
2003$60K7
2004$38K5
2005$87K7
2006$85K3
2007$125K7
2008$76K3
2009$78K7
2010$100K2
2011$44.9K2
2012$53K1
2013$90K1
2014$103K1
2015$87.8K4

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Webster II1010 E Central AvenueWebster2020
Webster Apts Ltd1010 E CENTRAL AVEWebster1616

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$6.35KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$7.96K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$79.4KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$79.4KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-1.1%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$4.15KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$50.1KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$50.1KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-0.6%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$2.19MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-10.7%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.62MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+1.8%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.31KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$329KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+34.8%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$6.35K
Aug 2026$6.53K
Jul 2026$6.19K
Jun 2026$7.22K
May 2026$7.59K
Apr 2026$6.85K
Mar 2026$6.92K
Feb 2026$6.86K
Jan 2026$5.83K
Dec 2025$6.51K
Nov 2025$7.22K
Oct 2025$5.28K
Sep 2025$7.04K
Aug 2025$7.96K
Jul 2025$7.03K
Jun 2025$7.04K
May 2025$7.46K
Apr 2025$7.37K
Mar 2025$6.26K
Feb 2025$6.18K
Jan 2025$6.1K
Dec 2024$6.59K
Nov 2024$5.4K
Oct 2024$5.83K
Sep 2024$4.98K
Aug 2024$5.43K
Jul 2024$5.81K
Jun 2024$6.13K
May 2024$6.53K
Apr 2024$6.58K
Mar 2024$6K
Feb 2024$6.03K
Jan 2024$5.48K
Dec 2023$5.96K
Nov 2023$6.05K
Oct 2023$5.53K

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$4.15K
Aug 2026$4.15K
Jul 2026$4.15K
Jun 2026$4.1K
May 2026$4.1K
Apr 2026$4.1K
Mar 2026$4.1K
Feb 2026$4.1K
Jan 2026$4.1K
Dec 2025$4.35K
Nov 2025$4.35K
Oct 2025$4.35K
Sep 2025$4.46K
Aug 2025$4.46K
Jul 2025$4.46K
Jun 2025$4.03K
May 2025$4.03K
Apr 2025$4.03K
Mar 2025$4.03K
Feb 2025$4.03K
Jan 2025$4.03K
Dec 2024$4.03K
Nov 2024$4.39K
Oct 2024$4.39K
Sep 2024$4.39K
Aug 2024$4.39K
Jul 2024$4.39K
Jun 2024$3.93K
May 2024$3.93K
Apr 2024$3.93K
Mar 2024$3.93K
Feb 2024$3.93K
Jan 2024$3.93K
Dec 2023$3.93K
Nov 2023$3.93K
Oct 2023$3.93K

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$329K+34.8%
FY2024$244K-29.9%
FY2023$348K-14.0%
FY2022$405K-44.6%
FY2021$730K-9.2%
FY2020$804K-12.4%
FY2019$918K-8.7%
FY2018$1.01M-4.9%
FY2017$1.06M-7.9%
FY2016$1.15M-10.7%
FY2015$1.29M-2.5%
FY2014$1.32M-5.8%
FY2013$1.4Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$550K$422K+30.4%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$183K$170K+7.8%
Intergovernmental Revenues$330K$380K-13.2%
Charges for Services$1.04M$1.01M+3.3%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$3.79K$2.1K+80.6%
Miscellaneous Revenues$85.5K$79.4K+7.8%
Other Sourcesn/a$396Kn/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)$534K$706K-24.4%
Public Safety$167K$163K+2.9%
Physical Environment$1.69M$859K+96.8%
Transportation$60K$41.3K+45.4%
Culture / Recreation$169K$450K-62.5%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/a$356Kn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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