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Paxton

Town, Walton County. Population 584 (2025), +0.7% on the prior year, +5.0% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Paxton

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 3.72 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population584Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979740 high2025
Change since the prior year+0.7%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+5.0%2020 to 2025
Census 20205562020

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
2025584estimate+0.7%
2024580estimate+0.2%
2023579estimate+3.0%
2022562estimate+1.1%
2021556estimate0.0%
2020556census-9.4%
2019614estimate+0.7%
2018610estimate+1.5%
2017601estimate+0.7%
2016597estimate-4.0%
2015622estimate+1.5%
2014613estimate-1.6%
2013623estimate-2.7%
2012640estimate+1.1%
2011633estimate-1.7%
2010644census-12.6%
2009737estimate-0.4%
2008740estimate+2.4%
2007723estimate+0.4%
2006720estimate+4.5%
2005689estimate-0.1%
2004690estimate+1.2%
2003682estimate+1.6%
2002671estimate+1.8%
2001659estimate+0.5%
2000656census+7.5%
1999610estimate-4.2%
1998637estimate+1.1%
1997630estimate+0.8%
1996625estimate+3.3%
1995605estimate+3.8%
1994583estimate+0.2%
1993582estimate+0.7%
1992578estimate-2.4%
1991592estimaten/a
1989740estimate+9.0%
1988679estimate-2.9%
1987699estimate+9.9%
1986636estimate+0.5%
1985633estimate-0.2%
1984634estimate-2.3%
1983649estimate-2.4%
1982665estimate0.0%
1981665estimaten/a
1979693estimaten/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%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses3New licenses by month, Jun 2019 to Aug 2026Jun 20191 highAug 2026
Food service licenses1Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses2Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)1Sep 2026
New filings, latest month0Sep 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: Paxton, 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
2APSalcohol2
2014-MFDVfood1

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: Paxton)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies00
Florida profit corporations10
Florida non-profit corporations00
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$55.1M
Total taxable value (non school)$20.4M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$24.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+6.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+9.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$51.6M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.04M2026 preliminary
Parcels3802026 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; 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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Qualified sales, last 12 months0Jun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$22M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$901K2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$42.8K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$24.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$1.99M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$1.09M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$3.48M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.36M2026 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
Residential175$22M$12.7M$497K185+4.9%
Commercial5$901K$599K$3.23Kn/a+12.6%
Industrial1$42.8K$35.4K$0n/a+133.2%
Agricultural98$24.2M$4.76M$116Kn/a+2.9%
Vacant69$1.99M$1.2M$1.85Kn/a+10.6%
Institutional6$1.09M$36.3K$0n/a+98.5%
Government7$3.48M$0$398Kn/a+29.5%
Other18$1.36M$1.05M$26.7Kn/a+7.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units328Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199087.0% high2024
Occupied units2942020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units342020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2322020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households622020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate78.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)32.6%2025
Cost burdened renter households43.4%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%)5.7%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$230K2024

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 less41122
All households30.01-50% AMI31100
All households50.01-80% AMI29330
All households80.01-120% AMI2200
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI7100
Renters30% AMI or less073
Renters30.01-50% AMI0100
Renters50.01-80% AMI630
Renters80.01-120% AMI1400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1000
Owners30% AMI or less4419
Owners30.01-50% AMI3100
Owners50.01-80% AMI23300
Owners80.01-120% AMI800
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI6100

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$31K2
1997$27.6K8
1998$35K7
1999$44.4K12
2000$48.8K8
2001$27.9K1
2002$73K5
2003$54.9K5
2004$68.8K4
2005$49.5K12
2006$72K10
2007$87.5K5
2008$99K3
2009$68.5K4
2010$40K2
2011n/an/a
2012n/an/a
2013$65K2
2014$98.5K2
2015$110K4

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$16.1KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$22.4K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$130KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$130KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-4.5%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$2.76KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$32.8KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$32.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.0%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$2.81MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+88.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.66MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+8.3%FY2024
Revenues per resident$4.85KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$967KFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before+4.1%FY2024

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$16.1K
Aug 2026$16.8K
Jul 2026$14.8K
Jun 2026$13K
May 2026$12.9K
Apr 2026$8.37K
Mar 2026$7.4K
Feb 2026$6.58K
Jan 2026$6.05K
Dec 2025$8.88K
Nov 2025$8.98K
Oct 2025$9.84K
Sep 2025$17.5K
Aug 2025$17.9K
Jul 2025$14.9K
Jun 2025$13.6K
May 2025$12.8K
Apr 2025$8.63K
Mar 2025$5.89K
Feb 2025$7.62K
Jan 2025$6.83K
Dec 2024$9.65K
Nov 2024$9.32K
Oct 2024$11.3K
Sep 2024$16.1K
Aug 2024$19.6K
Jul 2024$14.5K
Jun 2024$12K
May 2024$14.2K
Apr 2024$8.47K
Mar 2024$7.05K
Feb 2024$7.25K
Jan 2024$6.08K
Dec 2023$8.5K
Nov 2023$10.2K
Oct 2023$11.1K

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$2.76K
Aug 2026$2.76K
Jul 2026$2.76K
Jun 2026$2.69K
May 2026$2.69K
Apr 2026$2.69K
Mar 2026$2.69K
Feb 2026$2.69K
Jan 2026$2.69K
Dec 2025$2.8K
Nov 2025$2.8K
Oct 2025$2.8K
Sep 2025$2.87K
Aug 2025$2.87K
Jul 2025$2.87K
Jun 2025$2.63K
May 2025$2.63K
Apr 2025$2.63K
Mar 2025$2.63K
Feb 2025$2.63K
Jan 2025$2.63K
Dec 2024$2.63K
Nov 2024$2.75K
Oct 2024$2.75K
Sep 2024$2.75K
Aug 2024$2.75K
Jul 2024$2.75K
Jun 2024$4.66K
May 2024$4.66K
Apr 2024$4.66K
Mar 2024$4.66K
Feb 2024$4.66K
Jan 2024$4.66K
Dec 2023$4.66K
Nov 2023$4.66K
Oct 2023$4.66K

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
FY2024$967K+4.1%
FY2023$929K-3.8%
FY2022$966K-1.3%
FY2021$979K-3.1%
FY2020$1.01M-3.2%
FY2019$1.04M-2.7%
FY2018$1.07M+64.2%
FY2017$653K-3.2%
FY2016$675K-3.0%
FY2015$696K-6.5%
FY2014$744K-0.1%
FY2013$745Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$21.8K$24.5K-11.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$28.7K$30.5K-5.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.74M$563K+208.7%
Charges for Services$830K$798K+3.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$6.25K$2K+212.9%
Miscellaneous Revenues$46.8K$57K-18.0%
Other Sources$143K$21.5K+563.1%
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)$703K$642K+9.6%
Physical Environment$670K$619K+8.3%
Transportation$15.3K$8.27K+84.5%
Economic Environment$39.8K$79.1K-49.6%
Human Services$13.6K$99.9K-86.4%
Culture / Recreation$47.1K$31.5K+49.5%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$174K$56.4K+209.5%
Public Safetyn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$0Deposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$21.9M 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 Paxton.

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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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