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Freeport

City, Walton County. Population 11,440 (2025), +16.1% on the prior year, +95.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Freeport

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 23.33 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population11,440Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197911.4k high2025
Change since the prior year+16.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+95.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20205,8612020

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
202511,440estimate+16.1%
20249,857estimate+10.7%
20238,901estimate+10.3%
20228,068estimate+10.2%
20217,320estimate+24.9%
20205,861census+35.8%
20194,316estimate+12.2%
20183,845estimate+18.7%
20173,240estimate+7.5%
20163,014estimate+13.0%
20152,667estimate+7.2%
20142,488estimate+9.2%
20132,278estimate+3.1%
20122,209estimate+18.8%
20111,860estimate+4.1%
20101,787census+18.7%
20091,505estimate+0.1%
20081,503estimate-9.6%
20071,662estimate+1.0%
20061,645estimate+35.5%
20051,214estimate-1.6%
20041,234estimate+2.0%
20031,210estimate+0.2%
20021,208estimate+1.7%
20011,188estimate-0.2%
20001,190census-4.2%
19991,242estimate+8.5%
19981,145estimate+3.8%
19971,103estimate+2.1%
19961,080estimate+13.4%
1995952estimate+1.6%
1994937estimate+8.1%
1993867estimate+3.3%
1992839estimate+1.7%
1991825estimaten/a
1989827estimate-1.0%
1988835estimate+1.6%
1987822estimate+0.2%
1986820estimate+5.9%
1985774estimate+2.1%
1984758estimate-1.0%
1983766estimate+2.4%
1982748estimate+3.5%
1981723estimaten/a
1979569estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Walton County)4.3%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Walton County)42,757Aug 2026
Employment (Walton County)40,935Aug 2026
Unemployed (Walton County)1,822Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.0%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.2%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 202642,75740,9351,8224.3%
Jul 202642,67640,8281,8484.3%
Jun 202642,77240,9661,8064.2%
May 202642,43940,6841,7554.1%
Apr 202642,22440,4181,8064.3%
Mar 202642,05140,2991,7524.2%
Feb 202641,55839,6221,9364.7%
Jan 202641,14639,1471,9994.9%
Dec 202541,27139,5041,7674.3%
Nov 202541,61939,6611,9584.7%
Sep 202542,29040,5811,7094.0%
Aug 202542,85441,1561,6984.0%
Jul 202543,26341,6551,6083.7%
Jun 202542,87441,3721,5023.5%
May 202542,32040,9751,3453.2%
Apr 202541,94340,6551,2883.1%
Mar 202541,84040,5231,3173.1%
Feb 202540,91339,5581,3553.3%
Jan 202540,91439,5171,3973.4%
Dec 202440,79739,6181,1792.9%
Nov 202441,07739,7351,3423.3%
Oct 202442,21640,9141,3023.1%
Sep 202442,32141,0431,2783.0%
Aug 202442,85341,4701,3833.2%
Jul 202443,48342,0671,4163.3%
Jun 202442,89441,5671,3273.1%
May 202442,37141,2411,1302.7%
Apr 202441,88940,8261,0632.5%
Mar 202441,83640,6771,1592.8%
Feb 202440,77839,6041,1742.9%
Jan 202440,55239,3371,2153.0%
Dec 202339,53238,4991,0332.6%
Nov 202340,00638,8861,1202.8%
Oct 202340,72839,5671,1612.9%
Sep 202341,13339,9531,1802.9%
Aug 202341,57740,3841,1932.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202542,00940,4691,5403.7%
202441,92240,6751,2473.0%
202340,66939,6191,0502.6%
202239,10238,1369662.5%
202137,25135,9881,2633.4%
202034,51632,5681,9485.6%
201934,18033,2589222.7%
201832,92631,9499773.0%
201731,90230,8051,0973.4%
201631,04429,8031,2414.0%
201527,81226,4921,3204.7%
201427,18225,6821,5005.5%
201326,80125,0891,7126.4%
201226,05524,0891,9667.5%
201126,19823,9302,2688.7%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$232.0M

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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$231M2022
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 2022$7.92M2022
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$231Mn/an/a
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)n/a$7.92Mn/an/a
  • first published in 2022 for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): no back-test for this sector
  • first published in 2022 for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): no back-test for this sector

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses67New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses32Aug 2026
Lodging licenses12Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses23Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months8Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)653Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+14.8%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month41Sep 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: Freeport, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32439.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)3972023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)2,8412023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$143M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood17
2APSalcohol11
2COPalcohol9
2003-NAPTlodging9
2014-MFDVfood8
2010-NOSTfood4
2013-CATRfood3
5COP-SFSalcohol2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging2
3APSalcohol1
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging1

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: Freeport)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies606514
Florida profit corporations2430
Florida non-profit corporations1719
Out of state entities registering in Florida66
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32439: 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
324393972,841$143M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.79B
Total taxable value (non school)$1.24B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$1.37B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+7.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+10.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$1.66B2025 final roll
New construction value$101M2026 preliminary
Parcels5,5762026 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; 22% 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$354K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months326Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$494KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$1.35B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$52.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$40M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$26.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$163M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$16.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$89.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$51.4M2026 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
Residential3,659$1.35B$995M$95.8M4,111+7.0%
Commercial59$52.8M$41.8M$2.53Mn/a+15.9%
Industrial45$40M$34.6M$1.84Mn/a+12.8%
Agricultural106$26.3M$3.89M$13Kn/a-4.4%
Vacant1,460$163M$133M$96.5Kn/a+12.7%
Institutional18$16.8M$2.74M$421Kn/a+66.5%
Government56$89.1M$0$1.34Kn/a+6.3%
Other174$51.4M$26.4M$49.8Kn/a-4.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,719Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199079.9% high2024
Occupied units2,5342020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1852020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,8192020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households7152020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate71.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)35.0%2025
Cost burdened renter households38.0%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%)21.4%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units123Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.86K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$389K2024

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 less6427252
All households30.01-50% AMI6237306
All households50.01-80% AMI225227219
All households80.01-120% AMI1824318
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI2,2913940
Renters30% AMI or less00161
Renters30.01-50% AMI0023
Renters50.01-80% AMI61080
Renters80.01-120% AMI4560
RentersGreater than 120% AMI482290
Owners30% AMI or less642791
Owners30.01-50% AMI6237283
Owners50.01-80% AMI219119219
Owners80.01-120% AMI1373718
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,8093650

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$60K11
1997$69.2K10
1998$50K7
1999$72.2K6
2000$55K5
2001$94.5K4
2002$106K16
2003$95.5K16
2004$142K31
2005$250K45
2006$240K28
2007$285K43
2008$235K58
2009$219K54
2010$226K26
2011$218K81
2012$218K86
2013$230K69
2014$225K102
2015$230K143

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Rosemary Place266 EMR AvenueFreeport7272
Sun Bay Village50 Buster Morris RoadFreeport2626
Hazelwood18 Hazelwood LaneFreeport2525

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$274KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$286K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$2.21MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$2.21MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+5.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$56.9KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$628KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$628KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+12.2%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$37.8MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+49.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$14.2MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+20.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$3.84KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$27.8MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-2.8%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$274K
Aug 2026$286K
Jul 2026$252K
Jun 2026$221K
May 2026$220K
Apr 2026$142K
Mar 2026$126K
Feb 2026$112K
Jan 2026$103K
Dec 2025$151K
Nov 2025$153K
Oct 2025$167K
Sep 2025$270K
Aug 2025$274K
Jul 2025$229K
Jun 2025$208K
May 2025$197K
Apr 2025$133K
Mar 2025$90.5K
Feb 2025$117K
Jan 2025$105K
Dec 2024$148K
Nov 2024$143K
Oct 2024$174K
Sep 2024$232K
Aug 2024$282K
Jul 2024$208K
Jun 2024$172K
May 2024$204K
Apr 2024$122K
Mar 2024$101K
Feb 2024$104K
Jan 2024$87.3K
Dec 2023$122K
Nov 2023$146K
Oct 2023$159K

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$56.9K
Aug 2026$56.9K
Jul 2026$56.9K
Jun 2026$49.6K
May 2026$49.6K
Apr 2026$49.6K
Mar 2026$49.6K
Feb 2026$49.6K
Jan 2026$49.6K
Dec 2025$53.4K
Nov 2025$53.4K
Oct 2025$53.4K
Sep 2025$55.1K
Aug 2025$55.1K
Jul 2025$55.1K
Jun 2025$42.8K
May 2025$42.8K
Apr 2025$42.8K
Mar 2025$42.8K
Feb 2025$42.8K
Jan 2025$42.8K
Dec 2024$42.8K
Nov 2024$47.7K
Oct 2024$47.7K
Sep 2024$47.7K
Aug 2024$47.7K
Jul 2024$47.7K
Jun 2024$46K
May 2024$46K
Apr 2024$46K
Mar 2024$46K
Feb 2024$46K
Jan 2024$46K
Dec 2023$46K
Nov 2023$46K
Oct 2023$46K

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$27.8M-2.8%
FY2024$28.6M-2.6%
FY2023$29.4M+314.8%
FY2022$7.08M-28.2%
FY2021$9.86M+2.9%
FY2020$9.58M+24.3%
FY2019$7.71M+2.7%
FY2018$7.51M-6.8%
FY2017$8.05M-3.9%
FY2016$8.38M-3.8%
FY2015$8.71M-25.3%
FY2014$11.7M+21.2%
FY2013$9.62Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$4.95M$3.68M+34.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$937K$563K+66.6%
Intergovernmental Revenues$11.1M$10.1M+9.4%
Charges for Services$8.98M$7.08M+26.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$10.4K$20.7K-49.6%
Miscellaneous Revenues$782K$302K+159.0%
Other Sources$11.1M$3.59M+208.8%
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)$4.08M$2.16M+88.9%
Physical Environment$8.74M$8.05M+8.6%
Transportation$151K$667K-77.4%
Culture / Recreation$1.22M$937K+30.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Public Safetyn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$291MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$291M high2026
Change on a year earlier+5.4%June 30, 2026
Change, real+2.2%June 30, 2026
Branches4June 30, 2026
Institutions4June 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

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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
Renasant BankFreeport Branch16542 Us Highway 331 SFreeport$97.6M
Trustmark BankFreeport Branch16234 Us Highway 331 SFreeport$87.4M
Regions BankFreeport Branch26 E. Main StreetFreeport$72.6M
PNB Community BankFreeport Branch15835 331 BusinessFreeport$33.4M

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