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LaBelle

City, Hendry County. Population 5,593 (2025), +2.1% on the prior year, +12.6% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population5,593Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519795.6k high2025
Change since the prior year+2.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+12.6%2020 to 2025
Census 20204,9662020

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
20255,593estimate+2.1%
20245,480estimate+7.8%
20235,083estimate+0.8%
20225,041estimate+0.4%
20215,019estimate+1.1%
20204,966census-2.8%
20195,108estimate+1.7%
20185,025estimate+1.5%
20174,951estimate+3.0%
20164,807estimate+0.3%
20154,792estimate+1.8%
20144,708estimate+0.8%
20134,669estimate+0.9%
20124,629estimate0.0%
20114,628estimate-0.3%
20104,640census+1.6%
20094,569estimate+0.1%
20084,564estimate-1.2%
20074,618estimate+1.0%
20064,571estimate+0.9%
20054,529estimate+3.2%
20044,387estimate+1.1%
20034,339estimate+1.4%
20024,281estimate+0.2%
20014,273estimate+1.5%
20004,210census+32.2%
19993,185estimate-0.2%
19983,192estimate+0.5%
19973,177estimate+1.7%
19963,125estimate+1.0%
19953,095estimate+5.9%
19942,922estimate+0.9%
19932,897estimate-0.2%
19922,903estimate+3.5%
19912,806estimaten/a
19893,276estimate+3.4%
19883,169estimate+4.7%
19873,026estimate+6.4%
19862,845estimate+1.3%
19852,809estimate+8.9%
19842,580estimate+4.9%
19832,460estimate0.0%
19822,459estimate+4.8%
19812,346estimaten/a
19792,416estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Hendry County)5.7%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201611.9% highAug 2026
Labor force (Hendry County)22,577Aug 2026
Employment (Hendry County)21,299Aug 2026
Unemployed (Hendry County)1,278Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.6%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 202622,57721,2991,2785.7%
Jul 202622,16520,8301,3356.0%
Jun 202622,45021,2001,2505.6%
May 202622,51421,3771,1375.1%
Apr 202622,63621,4971,1395.0%
Mar 202622,50921,4101,0994.9%
Feb 202622,42221,2791,1435.1%
Jan 202622,20621,0191,1875.3%
Dec 202521,83220,7211,1115.1%
Nov 202521,97520,7551,2205.6%
Sep 202522,00120,8681,1335.1%
Aug 202522,45321,2671,1865.3%
Jul 202521,57820,4591,1195.2%
Jun 202521,69320,6331,0604.9%
May 202521,75420,9128423.9%
Apr 202522,01321,2497643.5%
Mar 202521,90221,1127903.6%
Feb 202521,61720,8297883.6%
Jan 202521,65920,8318283.8%
Dec 202421,04120,2807613.6%
Nov 202421,07620,2128644.1%
Oct 202421,34720,4498984.2%
Sep 202421,32320,3319924.7%
Aug 202421,33420,1971,1375.3%
Jul 202420,94419,8921,0525.0%
Jun 202420,94920,0229274.4%
May 202421,25720,5606973.3%
Apr 202421,34220,7116313.0%
Mar 202421,22820,5197093.3%
Feb 202421,12220,4097133.4%
Jan 202420,92820,1777513.6%
Dec 202320,68720,0096783.3%
Nov 202320,73519,9917443.6%
Oct 202320,78119,9588234.0%
Sep 202320,88519,9749114.4%
Aug 202320,85419,7981,0565.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202521,86220,8769864.5%
202421,15720,3138444.0%
202320,81120,0507613.7%
202219,63318,8897443.8%
202119,20818,2459635.0%
202019,02417,7191,3056.9%
201919,21918,3059144.8%
201819,23118,2749575.0%
201719,37618,2021,1746.1%
201618,73217,4011,3317.1%
201515,08613,4681,61810.7%
201415,76813,9141,85411.8%
201316,59214,5222,07012.5%
201216,89214,6632,22913.2%
201117,91215,4042,50814.0%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$73.0M

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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 2017$168M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$250M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error31.3%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$21.2M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$41.3M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error14.5%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$168M$250M$172M31.3%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$21.2M$41.3M$35.3M14.5%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 31% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses114New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20165 highAug 2026
Food service licenses52Aug 2026
Lodging licenses16Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses46Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months9Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)544Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-5.2%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month39Sep 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: Labelle, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 33935.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)4462023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)4,4062023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$185M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood28
2APSalcohol20
2014-MFDVfood17
2COPalcohol12
2003-NAPTlodging11
7COP-SFSalcohol7
11Calcohol3
3CPSalcohol3
2010-NOSTfood3
2015-VENDfood3
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging2
1APSalcohol1
2014-HTDGfood1
2002-MOTLlodging1
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging1
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging1

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: Labelle)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies490492
Florida profit corporations3564
Florida non-profit corporations1314
Out of state entities registering in Florida63
Partnerships, trusts and other filings01

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 33935: 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
339354464,406$185M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months26Housing units permitted by month, Dec 1999 to Aug 2026Dec 199945 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-70.8%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$3.36MAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months20Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table532025

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
Aug 2026110$350K
Jul 2026110$235K
Jun 20261150$1.02M
May 202610100$1.2M
Apr 2026110$292K
Mar 2026110$130K
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025110$130K
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 202511110$1.35M
Apr 202512120$1.64M
Mar 202526260$3.58M
Feb 2025330$401K
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 202418180$2.28M
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 202410100$1.15M
Sep 2024990$1.08M
Aug 2024330$382K
Jul 2024110$250K
Jun 2024990$1.67M
May 2024880$1.49M
Apr 202445045$1.5M
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023880$1.51M
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023110$120K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202553530$7.11M
20241035845$9.81M
2023312110$4.6M
202259570$7.84M
2021571045$6.16M
202048836$5.31M
2019110$296K
2018550$845K
2017440$612K
2016330$477K
20151108$767K
2014110$106K
2013000$0
2012000$0
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$841M
Total taxable value (non school)$455M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$502M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+1.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$826M2025 final roll
New construction value$15.8M2026 preliminary
Parcels3,0592026 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; 44% 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$225K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months94Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$270KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$424M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$115M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$22.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$89.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$54.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$48.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$85.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.22M2026 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
Residential1,814$424M$269M$14.4M1,996+0.2%
Commercial173$115M$106M$1.1Mn/a+4.1%
Industrial35$22.9M$18.6M$12.4Kn/a+20.1%
Agricultural114$89.5M$11.4M$312Kn/a+1.6%
Vacant714$54.7M$48M$12.7Kn/a+3.4%
Institutional45$48.8M$468K$2.32Kn/a+2.1%
Government124$85.3M$0$1Kn/a+1.3%
Other40$1.22M$1.19M$0n/a+112.6%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,120Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199082.0% high2024
Occupied units1,7272020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units3932020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,2862020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households4412020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)37.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households65.8%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%)45.8%2025
Assisted housing developments8Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units284Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.65K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$272K2024

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 less441237
All households30.01-50% AMI089164
All households50.01-80% AMI2611060
All households80.01-120% AMI24000
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI638430
Renters30% AMI or less017190
Renters30.01-50% AMI060164
Renters50.01-80% AMI155350
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI109430
Owners30% AMI or less42447
Owners30.01-50% AMI0290
Owners50.01-80% AMI106710
Owners80.01-120% AMI24000
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI52900

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$72K9
1997$68K20
1998$60K25
1999$65K24
2000$63.8K28
2001$75K41
2002$78K37
2003$85K37
2004$116K38
2005$142K61
2006$185K29
2007$150K19
2008$140K20
2009$102K14
2010$63.8K24
2011$78.2K18
2012$67K18
2013$69.2K24
2014$89.8K26
2015$98.5K23

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Greentree South40 GREENTREE DRIVELaBelle7878
Pollywog Creek Commons137 J-C Lyons DriveLaBelle4040
Tall Pines411 Sabal Palm CourtLaBelle3939
La Belle Commons284 Bryan AvenueLaBelle3232
Pollywog Creek Senior Housing161 Jaycee Lions DrLaBelle2929
Pollywog Creek Mews735 Jaycee-Lions DriveLaBelle2828
Pollywog Creek Commons II137 J-C Lyons DriveLaBelle2424
Palmetto Ranch 11017 James Singleton PlLaBelle1414

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$23.4KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$39.7K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$289KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$289KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-0.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$18.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$224KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$224KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+6.0%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$15.3MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+30.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$11.9MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-7.0%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.79KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$13.7MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-2.7%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$23.4K
Aug 2026$24.6K
Jul 2026$26.8K
Jun 2026$30.5K
May 2026$29.2K
Apr 2026$24.1K
Mar 2026$23.2K
Feb 2026$10.8K
Jan 2026$11.8K
Dec 2025$39.7K
Nov 2025$22.4K
Oct 2025$22.8K
Sep 2025$26.7K
Aug 2025$28.2K
Jul 2025$28.2K
Jun 2025$28.8K
May 2025$28.9K
Apr 2025$27K
Mar 2025$23.3K
Feb 2025$16.8K
Jan 2025$13.9K
Dec 2024$22.3K
Nov 2024$22.6K
Oct 2024$24.4K
Sep 2024$23.2K
Aug 2024$24.9K
Jul 2024$27.4K
Jun 2024$28.6K
May 2024$31K
Apr 2024$27.8K
Mar 2024$26.2K
Feb 2024$23.1K
Jan 2024$14.9K
Dec 2023$24.6K
Nov 2023$28.7K
Oct 2023$24.7K

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$18.6K
Aug 2026$18.6K
Jul 2026$18.6K
Jun 2026$18.2K
May 2026$18.2K
Apr 2026$18.2K
Mar 2026$18.2K
Feb 2026$18.2K
Jan 2026$18.2K
Dec 2025$19.5K
Nov 2025$19.5K
Oct 2025$19.5K
Sep 2025$20.1K
Aug 2025$20.1K
Jul 2025$20.1K
Jun 2025$16.4K
May 2025$16.4K
Apr 2025$16.4K
Mar 2025$16.4K
Feb 2025$16.4K
Jan 2025$16.4K
Dec 2024$16.4K
Nov 2024$18.1K
Oct 2024$18.1K
Sep 2024$18.1K
Aug 2024$18.1K
Jul 2024$18.1K
Jun 2024$17.9K
May 2024$17.9K
Apr 2024$17.9K
Mar 2024$17.9K
Feb 2024$17.9K
Jan 2024$17.9K
Dec 2023$17.9K
Nov 2023$17.9K
Oct 2023$17.9K

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$13.7M-2.7%
FY2024$14.1M-0.5%
FY2023$14.1M-2.6%
FY2022$14.5M-1.7%
FY2021$14.8M-2.3%
FY2020$15.1M-2.4%
FY2019$15.5M-0.7%
FY2018$15.6M-2.2%
FY2017$16M-2.1%
FY2016$16.3M-0.6%
FY2015$16.4M-1.3%
FY2014$16.6M-0.9%
FY2013$16.8Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$3.41M$2.79M+22.2%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$1.66M$1.6M+3.8%
Intergovernmental Revenues$610K$1.26M-51.7%
Charges for Services$6.04M$5.6M+8.0%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$51.8K$45.9K+13.0%
Miscellaneous Revenues$907K$449K+102.1%
Other Sources$2.61Mn/an/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)$1.19M$1.73M-31.0%
Public Safety$2.64M$2.03M+29.6%
Physical Environment$5.89M$6.87M-14.4%
Transportation$1.45M$1.47M-1.4%
Economic Environment$15.8Kn/an/a
Human Services$298K$309K-3.5%
Culture / Recreation$409K$370K+10.5%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$339MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$339M high2026
Change on a year earlier+6.3%June 30, 2026
Change, real+3.0%June 30, 2026
Branches2June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 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 LaBelle.

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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
First BankLa Belle Branch301 W. Hickpochee AveLaBelle$235M
Pinnacle BankLabelle Branch155 N Bridge StLaBelle$103M

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