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Wausau

Town, Washington County. Population 341 (2025), -3.4% on the prior year, -8.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Wausau

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.15 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population341Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979443 high2025
Change since the prior year-3.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-8.1%2020 to 2025
Census 20203712020

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
2025341estimate-3.4%
2024353estimate-5.9%
2023375estimate-3.6%
2022389estimate+1.0%
2021385estimate+3.8%
2020371census+2.8%
2019361estimate-3.7%
2018375estimate-1.3%
2017380estimate-0.8%
2016383estimate-1.3%
2015388estimate+2.9%
2014377estimate-6.9%
2013405estimate+2.3%
2012396estimate+1.8%
2011389estimate+1.6%
2010383census-13.0%
2009440estimate-0.7%
2008443estimate+2.1%
2007434estimate-0.5%
2006436estimate0.0%
2005436estimate+0.5%
2004434estimate+0.5%
2003432estimate+2.6%
2002421estimate+4.0%
2001405estimate+1.8%
2000398census-0.3%
1999399estimate+4.5%
1998382estimate+11.4%
1997343estimate+3.3%
1996332estimate+3.1%
1995322estimate+1.3%
1994318estimate+2.6%
1993310estimate-3.1%
1992320estimate+1.3%
1991316estimaten/a
1989347estimate+2.7%
1988338estimate-2.6%
1987347estimate-4.7%
1986364estimate+4.9%
1985347estimate-2.3%
1984355estimate+4.4%
1983340estimate-2.9%
1982350estimate+0.9%
1981347estimaten/a
1979275estimaten/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 businesses4New licenses by month, Mar 2024 to Aug 2026Mar 20241 highAug 2026
Food service licenses1Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses3Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)3Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+200.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month1Sep 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: Wausau, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP Code Business Patterns rows for ZIP codes 32463.

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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
2APSalcohol3
2010-SEATfood1

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: Wausau)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies20
Florida profit corporations00
Florida non-profit corporations11
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$41.4M
Total taxable value (non school)$18.2M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$22M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+4.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+11.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$39.5M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.59M2026 preliminary
Parcels5842026 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$18.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$782K2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$57.4K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$16.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$3.08M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$870K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$959K2026 preliminary
Just value, other$635K2026 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
Residential141$18.9M$10.3M$1.37M150+8.0%
Commercial4$782K$781K$0n/a-0.6%
Industrial0$57.4K$57.4K$0n/a0.0%
Agricultural125$16.1M$4.27M$207Kn/a+2.7%
Vacant287$3.08M$2.04M$9.47Kn/a+2.1%
Institutional4$870K$50.6K$2.19Kn/a+0.5%
Government10$959K$0$0n/a-0.5%
Other14$635K$632K$0n/a+4.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units176Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199083.0% high2024
Occupied units1622020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units142020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1052020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households572020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate64.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)28.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households41.9%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%)41.9%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$380K2024

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 less15022
All households30.01-50% AMI1007
All households50.01-80% AMI1504
All households80.01-120% AMI1240
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI3900
Renters30% AMI or less0010
Renters30.01-50% AMI203
Renters50.01-80% AMI300
Renters80.01-120% AMI400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI900
Owners30% AMI or less15012
Owners30.01-50% AMI804
Owners50.01-80% AMI1204
Owners80.01-120% AMI840
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3000

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$30K1
1997$58K3
1998$47.5K2
1999$29.8K2
2000$40.8K2
2001$40K3
2002$121K1
2003$30K3
2004$56.8K4
2005$65K2
2006$53K2
2007n/an/a
2008$23K1
2009n/an/a
2010$120K1
2011$40K1
2012$34.3K1
2013$56.5K1
2014$39.9K1
2015$96.2K2

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$1.53KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$2.02K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$15.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$15.5KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-14.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$1.9KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$22.9KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$22.9KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.1%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$538KFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-24.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$658KFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-21.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.52KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$371KFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-6.2%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$1.53K
Aug 2026$1.37K
Jul 2026$1.24K
Jun 2026$1.51K
May 2026$1.51K
Apr 2026$1.32K
Mar 2026$1.21K
Feb 2026$0.7K
Jan 2026$1.0K
Dec 2025$1.39K
Nov 2025$1.42K
Oct 2025$1.28K
Sep 2025$1.6K
Aug 2025$1.63K
Jul 2025$1.51K
Jun 2025$1.59K
May 2025$1.75K
Apr 2025$1.55K
Mar 2025$1.21K
Feb 2025$1.44K
Jan 2025$1.5K
Dec 2024$1.49K
Nov 2024$1.42K
Oct 2024$1.47K
Sep 2024$1.72K
Aug 2024$1.76K
Jul 2024$1.57K
Jun 2024$1.55K
May 2024$1.67K
Apr 2024$1.6K
Mar 2024$1.35K
Feb 2024$1.55K
Jan 2024$1.52K
Dec 2023$1.6K
Nov 2023$1.58K
Oct 2023$1.55K

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$1.9K
Aug 2026$1.9K
Jul 2026$1.9K
Jun 2026$1.9K
May 2026$1.9K
Apr 2026$1.9K
Mar 2026$1.9K
Feb 2026$1.9K
Jan 2026$1.9K
Dec 2025$1.91K
Nov 2025$1.91K
Oct 2025$1.91K
Sep 2025$1.92K
Aug 2025$1.92K
Jul 2025$1.92K
Jun 2025$1.89K
May 2025$1.89K
Apr 2025$1.89K
Mar 2025$1.89K
Feb 2025$1.89K
Jan 2025$1.89K
Dec 2024$1.89K
Nov 2024$1.91K
Oct 2024$1.91K
Sep 2024$1.91K
Aug 2024$1.91K
Jul 2024$1.91K
Jun 2024$2.99K
May 2024$2.99K
Apr 2024$2.99K
Mar 2024$2.99K
Feb 2024$2.99K
Jan 2024$2.99K
Dec 2023$2.99K
Nov 2023$2.99K
Oct 2023$2.99K

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$371K-6.2%
FY2023$396K-10.3%
FY2022$441K+22.0%
FY2021$362K-4.6%
FY2020$379K+14.3%
FY2019$331K-22.1%
FY2018$425K+15.0%
FY2017$370K-13.7%
FY2016$429K+5.1%
FY2015$408K-4.1%
FY2014$425K-3.9%
FY2013$442Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$79.4K$88.9K-10.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$176K$318K-44.6%
Charges for Services$200K$209K-4.2%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0.5K$0.1K+298.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$28.5K$6.69K+325.2%
Other Sources$52.7K$89.9K-41.4%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/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)$254K$461K-45.0%
Public Safety$27.4K$31.7K-13.4%
Physical Environment$306K$313K-2.4%
Transportation$48.3Kn/an/a
Culture / Recreation$0.1K$4.72K-98.7%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$22.7K$24.3K-6.7%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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