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Vernon

City, Washington County. Population 761 (2025), -1.4% on the prior year, +4.0% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Vernon

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 4.76 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population761Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979934 high2025
Change since the prior year-1.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+4.0%2020 to 2025
Census 20207322020

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
2025761estimate-1.4%
2024772estimate+1.8%
2023758estimate+1.5%
2022747estimate-1.2%
2021756estimate+3.3%
2020732census-1.1%
2019740estimate-1.5%
2018751estimate+0.9%
2017744estimate-0.7%
2016749estimate+8.7%
2015689estimate+1.3%
2014680estimate-0.7%
2013685estimate-0.9%
2012691estimate-2.0%
2011705estimate+2.6%
2010687census-3.5%
2009712estimate-4.3%
2008744estimate-3.3%
2007769estimate-2.5%
2006789estimate+0.6%
2005784estimate+0.6%
2004779estimate+4.7%
2003744estimate-3.9%
2002774estimate+2.1%
2001758estimate+2.0%
2000743census-19.0%
1999917estimate-1.8%
1998934estimate+2.8%
1997909estimate+7.1%
1996849estimate-1.3%
1995860estimate+3.2%
1994833estimate+0.2%
1993831estimate-0.1%
1992832estimate+2.6%
1991811estimaten/a
1989835estimate-3.7%
1988867estimate-1.8%
1987883estimate-1.9%
1986900estimate-1.9%
1985917estimate+0.1%
1984916estimate-1.2%
1983927estimate+2.0%
1982909estimate+0.4%
1981905estimaten/a
1979810estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Washington County)5.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Washington County)9,588Aug 2026
Employment (Washington County)9,071Aug 2026
Unemployed (Washington County)517Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+1.1%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 20269,5889,0715175.4%
Jul 20269,5469,0115355.6%
Jun 20269,6239,0985255.5%
May 20269,5129,0005125.4%
Apr 20269,4788,9535255.5%
Mar 20269,4248,9015235.5%
Feb 20269,3448,7735716.1%
Jan 20269,2528,6715816.3%
Dec 20259,2558,7385175.6%
Nov 20259,2878,7125756.2%
Sep 20259,4498,9604895.2%
Aug 20259,4888,9894995.3%
Jul 20259,5079,0404674.9%
Jun 20259,5309,1024284.5%
May 20259,4299,0463834.1%
Apr 20259,4129,0483643.9%
Mar 20259,3758,9953804.1%
Feb 20259,2078,8143934.3%
Jan 20259,1978,7834144.5%
Dec 20249,1898,8463433.7%
Nov 20249,3128,9124004.3%
Oct 20249,4459,0463994.2%
Sep 20249,3538,9653884.1%
Aug 20249,4739,0414324.6%
Jul 20249,5129,0954174.4%
Jun 20249,5149,1084064.3%
May 20249,3378,9943433.7%
Apr 20249,2368,9303063.3%
Mar 20249,2148,8803343.6%
Feb 20249,0168,6813353.7%
Jan 20248,9418,5823594.0%
Dec 20238,9528,6473053.4%
Nov 20239,0678,7363313.7%
Oct 20239,2198,8743453.7%
Sep 20239,3128,9493633.9%
Aug 20239,3959,0273683.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20259,3768,9304464.8%
20249,2958,9233724.0%
20239,1138,7953183.5%
20229,1188,7993193.5%
20219,0968,6564404.8%
20209,0548,4835716.3%
20199,1078,7653423.8%
20188,7868,4023844.4%
20178,8528,4214314.9%
20168,9178,4155025.6%
20159,6009,0235776.0%
20149,6418,9656767.0%
20139,7989,0087908.1%
20129,9859,0739129.1%
201110,3769,3231,05310.1%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses17New licenses by month, May 2017 to Aug 2026May 20171 highAug 2026
Food service licenses7Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses8Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months3Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)70Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-6.7%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month6Sep 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: Vernon, 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
2APSalcohol7
2014-MFDVfood4
2010-SEATfood3
2COPalcohol1
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: Vernon)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies5966
Florida profit corporations65
Florida non-profit corporations54
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$72.2M
Total taxable value (non school)$33.3M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$38.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$69.8M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.39M2026 preliminary
Parcels6302026 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; 18% 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$38.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$936K2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$39.4K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$18.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$6.36M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$1.31M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$5.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$871K2026 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
Residential216$38.6M$22.3M$1.18M223+5.0%
Commercial4$936K$928K$0.1Kn/a-1.1%
Industrial0$39.4K$39.4K$0n/a0.0%
Agricultural109$18.8M$3.86M$186Kn/a+3.6%
Vacant266$6.36M$5.31M$21.4Kn/a+3.4%
Institutional5$1.31M$14K$2.13Kn/a+1.2%
Government13$5.3M$0$0n/a0.0%
Other17$871K$837K$0n/a-22.3%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units362Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199075.0% high2024
Occupied units3212020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units412020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2242020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households972020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate69.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)28.4%2025
Cost burdened renter households36.4%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%)8.1%2025
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$104K2024

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 less01531
All households30.01-50% AMI3604
All households50.01-80% AMI46320
All households80.01-120% AMI3000
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI9500
Renters30% AMI or less0104
Renters30.01-50% AMI004
Renters50.01-80% AMI28180
Renters80.01-120% AMI2100
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1400
Owners30% AMI or less0527
Owners30.01-50% AMI3600
Owners50.01-80% AMI18140
Owners80.01-120% AMI900
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI8100

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$28K5
1997$40.5K2
1998$42K7
1999$37.2K6
2000$46.8K4
2001$40.3K2
2002$30K2
2003$32.2K4
2004$68K9
2005$65K8
2006$37K4
2007$55K7
2008n/an/a
2009$20K1
2010$44K6
2011$53.2K2
2012$67.5K6
2013$69K1
2014$47.2K2
2015$130K2

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$3.35KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$3.96K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$33.9KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$33.9KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-7.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.54KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$43KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$43KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-0.3%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$1.45MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+6.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.97MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+4.5%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.88KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$356KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-16.7%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$3.35K
Aug 2026$3K
Jul 2026$2.71K
Jun 2026$3.3K
May 2026$3.31K
Apr 2026$2.89K
Mar 2026$2.64K
Feb 2026$1.53K
Jan 2026$2.18K
Dec 2025$3.04K
Nov 2025$3.11K
Oct 2025$2.8K
Sep 2025$3.23K
Aug 2025$3.3K
Jul 2025$3.06K
Jun 2025$3.22K
May 2025$3.54K
Apr 2025$3.14K
Mar 2025$2.44K
Feb 2025$2.92K
Jan 2025$3.03K
Dec 2024$3.02K
Nov 2024$2.87K
Oct 2024$2.98K
Sep 2024$3.31K
Aug 2024$3.38K
Jul 2024$3.01K
Jun 2024$2.97K
May 2024$3.2K
Apr 2024$3.08K
Mar 2024$2.59K
Feb 2024$2.98K
Jan 2024$2.92K
Dec 2023$3.08K
Nov 2023$3.02K
Oct 2023$2.98K

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$3.54K
Aug 2026$3.54K
Jul 2026$3.54K
Jun 2026$3.53K
May 2026$3.53K
Apr 2026$3.53K
Mar 2026$3.53K
Feb 2026$3.53K
Jan 2026$3.53K
Dec 2025$3.73K
Nov 2025$3.73K
Oct 2025$3.73K
Sep 2025$3.82K
Aug 2025$3.82K
Jul 2025$3.82K
Jun 2025$3.51K
May 2025$3.51K
Apr 2025$3.51K
Mar 2025$3.51K
Feb 2025$3.51K
Jan 2025$3.51K
Dec 2024$3.51K
Nov 2024$3.54K
Oct 2024$3.54K
Sep 2024$3.54K
Aug 2024$3.54K
Jul 2024$3.54K
Jun 2024$3.65K
May 2024$3.65K
Apr 2024$3.65K
Mar 2024$3.65K
Feb 2024$3.65K
Jan 2024$3.65K
Dec 2023$3.65K
Nov 2023$3.65K
Oct 2023$3.65K

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$356K-16.7%
FY2024$427K-13.6%
FY2023$494K-5.1%
FY2022$520K-11.3%
FY2021$587K-12.1%
FY2020$668K-10.6%
FY2019$747K-9.6%
FY2018$826K-7.6%
FY2017$894K-8.3%
FY2016$975K-0.3%
FY2015$978K-77.8%
FY2014$4.41M+95.4%
FY2013$2.26Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$249K$210K+19.0%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$84.2K$90.9K-7.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$450K$326K+38.1%
Charges for Services$559K$504K+10.7%
Miscellaneous Revenues$65.3K$58K+12.6%
Other Sources$46.1K$182K-74.6%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeitsn/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)$949K$833K+14.0%
Public Safety$110K$22.1K+398.9%
Physical Environment$866K$851K+1.9%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$46.1K$182K-74.6%
Transportationn/an/an/a
Culture / Recreationn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a

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