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Avon Park

City, Highlands County. Population 9,786 (2025), -0.3% on the prior year, +1.3% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 20259,786BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 20269,891Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197911.2k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Highlands County's growth rate of 0.70% a year, the annual rate in EDR's Demographic Estimating Conference county estimate for 2025 and medium projection for 2030, with the county's net new residents shared out to its places by their share of the county's net new residential units between the 2025 final and 2026 preliminary tax rolls.

Change since the prior year-0.3%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+1.3%2020 to 2025
Census 20209,6582020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Demographic Estimating Conference: Projections of Florida Population by County, with Estimates for the base year, retrieved 2026-10-04 | 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
20259,786estimate-0.3%
20249,814estimate+0.6%
20239,758estimate-0.1%
20229,769estimate+0.5%
20219,721estimate+0.7%
20209,658census-13.9%
201911,222estimate+0.3%
201811,187estimate+1.5%
201711,018estimate+0.3%
201610,989estimate+0.9%
201510,895estimate+14.5%
20149,513estimate+3.5%
20139,189estimate+1.1%
20129,086estimate+2.5%
20118,865estimate+0.3%
20108,836census+0.6%
20098,786estimate-0.9%
20088,865estimate-1.1%
20078,964estimate+2.0%
20068,792estimate+0.1%
20058,779estimate+0.1%
20048,772estimate+2.0%
20038,596estimate+0.4%
20028,566estimate+0.3%
20018,540estimate0.0%
20008,542census+4.7%
19998,162estimate-0.8%
19988,226estimate+0.5%
19978,183estimate+0.9%
19968,110estimate-0.4%
19958,144estimate0.0%
19948,147estimate-0.3%
19938,169estimate+0.8%
19928,101estimate-1.1%
19918,194estimaten/a
19898,374estimate+0.2%
19888,361estimate-0.5%
19878,406estimate-0.2%
19868,420estimate-0.5%
19858,461estimate+0.7%
19848,404estimate-0.3%
19838,428estimate+3.7%
19828,129estimate+0.3%
19818,105estimaten/a
19798,119estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Highlands County)6.8%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.2% highAug 2026
Labor force (Highlands County)36,318Aug 2026
Employment (Highlands County)33,840Aug 2026
Unemployed (Highlands County)2,478Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier6.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier0.0%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 202636,31833,8402,4786.8%
Jul 202636,22133,7472,4746.8%
Jun 202636,92934,5062,4236.6%
May 202636,76434,4852,2796.2%
Apr 202636,83234,4812,3516.4%
Mar 202636,79734,5362,2616.1%
Feb 202637,24134,7082,5336.8%
Jan 202636,83834,2422,5967.0%
Dec 202536,63434,3802,2546.2%
Nov 202536,86834,2762,5927.0%
Sep 202536,60134,3552,2466.1%
Aug 202536,30234,0322,2706.3%
Jul 202536,01633,8182,1986.1%
Jun 202536,66334,6062,0575.6%
May 202536,57234,7391,8335.0%
Apr 202536,54334,8421,7014.7%
Mar 202536,90535,1491,7564.8%
Feb 202537,08335,2061,8775.1%
Jan 202537,09435,1361,9585.3%
Dec 202436,52834,8261,7024.7%
Nov 202436,48734,6621,8255.0%
Oct 202436,64034,8111,8295.0%
Sep 202437,01235,1231,8895.1%
Aug 202437,01935,0182,0015.4%
Jul 202436,92134,8602,0615.6%
Jun 202436,79934,8751,9245.2%
May 202436,50234,9121,5904.4%
Apr 202436,62835,1261,5024.1%
Mar 202437,07035,5471,5234.1%
Feb 202436,69635,0391,6574.5%
Jan 202436,71835,0251,6934.6%
Dec 202336,31534,8211,4944.1%
Nov 202336,28134,6781,6034.4%
Oct 202336,39534,7521,6434.5%
Sep 202336,44934,7131,7364.8%
Aug 202336,44334,5971,8465.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202536,66134,5942,0675.6%
202436,75134,9851,7664.8%
202336,47634,9101,5664.3%
202235,53534,0161,5194.3%
202134,32032,2382,0826.1%
202033,70030,9632,7378.1%
201934,68533,0711,6144.7%
201835,39333,6561,7374.9%
201735,40833,3762,0325.7%
201634,57432,2512,3236.7%
201535,31032,6372,6737.6%
201435,67132,5423,1298.8%
201335,95932,3783,58110.0%
201237,11433,1663,94810.6%
201138,04133,6054,43611.7%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$434.9M

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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$267M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$349M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error7.7%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$22.8M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$32M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error4.0%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$267M$349M$375M7.7%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$22.8M$32M$30.7M4.0%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses108New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses42Aug 2026
Lodging licenses23Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses43Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months13Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)374Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-0.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month30Sep 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: Avon Park, 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
2010-SEATfood32
2APSalcohol23
2003-NAPTlodging14
2COPalcohol10
2014-MFDVfood5
2003-TAPTlodging4
2002-MOTLlodging3
2015-VENDfood3
11Calcohol2
1COPalcohol2
3PSalcohol2
4COPalcohol2
2010-NOSTfood2
1APSalcohol1
4COP-SFSalcohol1
2001-HOTLlodging1
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: Avon Park)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies327312
Florida profit corporations2734
Florida non-profit corporations1927
Out of state entities registering in Florida12
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Jun 2006
Housing units permitted, last 12 months40Housing units permitted by month, Jul 1996 to Jun 2006Jul 19969 highJun 2006
Change on the 12 months before+233.3%Jun 2006
Permit valuation, last 12 months$2.69MJun 2006
Units, latest month6Jun 2006
Single family units, last 12 months15Jun 2006
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months25Jun 2006
Units, latest annual table02007

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
Jun 2006615$549K
May 2006606$370K
Apr 2006505$309K
Mar 2006909$556K
Feb 2006110$61K
Jan 2006550$356K
Dec 2005110$61K
Nov 2005110$61K
Oct 2005220$122K
Sep 2005110$61K
Aug 2005220$122K
Jul 2005110$61K
Jun 2005110$61K
May 2005110$61K
Apr 2005110$61K
Mar 2005220$151K
Feb 2005110$75.3K
Jan 2005110$75.3K
Dec 2004000$0
Nov 2004220$87.1K
Oct 2004110$52.5K
Sep 2004000$0
Aug 2004220$151K
Jul 2004000$0
Jun 2004440$246K
May 2004110$120K
Apr 2004110$120K
Mar 2004220$143K
Feb 2004220$143K
Jan 2004000$0
Dec 2003110$101K
Nov 2003110$71.6K
Oct 2003220$135K
Sep 2003000$0
Aug 2003110$80K
Jul 2003000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2007000$0
200632725$2.2M
200584480$5.9M
200412120$732K
200312120$903K
200219190$1.36M
200110100$872K
200010100$806K
199911110$827K
1998880$606K
199714140$818K
199612100$683K
19951460$646K
1994601337$1.67M
1993990$365K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$759M
Total taxable value (non school)$387M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$436M2026 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+9.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$733M2025 final roll
New construction value$19M2026 preliminary
Parcels4,7842026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-04

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 2010 block groups; 15% 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$112K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months75Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$100KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$440M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$79.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$14M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$42.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$18.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$81.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$76.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$6.19M2026 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
Residential3,108$440M$266M$15.7M3,610+1.8%
Commercial202$79.4M$77.5M$511Kn/a+3.8%
Industrial61$14M$13.6M$1.01Mn/a+12.8%
Agricultural116$42.1M$7.78M$180Kn/a+4.9%
Vacant1,072$18.7M$14.1M$0n/a+5.2%
Institutional94$81.9M$2.98M$658Kn/a+3.6%
Government90$76.7M$20.2K$874Kn/a+10.8%
Other43$6.19M$5.49M$0n/a+2.9%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units5,579Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199065.0% high2024
Occupied units4,7212020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units8582020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,7712020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,9502020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate58.7%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)36.8%2025
Cost burdened renter households58.5%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%)11.8%2025
Assisted housing developments12Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units579Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$167K2024

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 less14857307
All households30.01-50% AMI307365135
All households50.01-80% AMI49149089
All households80.01-120% AMI303560
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,396374
Renters30% AMI or less6447144
Renters30.01-50% AMI5832170
Renters50.01-80% AMI1684150
Renters80.01-120% AMI144460
RentersGreater than 120% AMI321230
Owners30% AMI or less8410163
Owners30.01-50% AMI2494465
Owners50.01-80% AMI3237589
Owners80.01-120% AMI159100
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,075144

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996n/an/a
1997n/an/a
1998n/an/a
1999n/an/a
2000n/an/a
2001n/an/a
2002n/an/a
2003n/an/a
2004n/an/a
2005n/an/a
2006n/an/a
2007n/an/a
2008$72.8K80
2009$60K63
2010$45.8K52
2011$36.5K54
2012$38.5K52
2013$34.9K67
2014$41.2K102
2015$45K86

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Altair at Lake Tulane1033 Hal McRae LoopAvon Park8080
Addison Grove565 Luminary LoopAvon Park8080
Lakeside Park II21 Tulane DrAvon Park6363
Highland Palms1016 Canberra CircleAvon Park5252
Banyan Woods Apts.1298 W GLADIOLA DRIVEAvon Park5050
Delaney Heights21 Tulane DrAvon Park5050
Cornell Colony517 W Cornell StreetAvon Park4444
North Central Heights751 N Central AvenueAvon Park4040
Castle Hill of Avon Park1025 S Castle Hill DriveAvon Park3636
Ridgedale Apartments723 FAIRVIEW TERRACEAvon Park3636
North Central Heights II751 N Central AvenueAvon Park3232
Lakeside Park I21 Tulane DriveAvon Park1616

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$53.3KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$75.1K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$645KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$645KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.0%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$41.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$518KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$518KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.4%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$24.7MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-10.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$23.6MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+10.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.51KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$22.1KFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-0.9%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$53.3K
Aug 2026$53.3K
Jul 2026$51.5K
Jun 2026$58.4K
May 2026$67.3K
Apr 2026$55.8K
Mar 2026$57.1K
Feb 2026$54.8K
Jan 2026$40.9K
Dec 2025$55.1K
Nov 2025$48.7K
Oct 2025$48.6K
Sep 2025$56.9K
Aug 2025$56.1K
Jul 2025$56.9K
Jun 2025$63.4K
May 2025$69.4K
Apr 2025$61.5K
Mar 2025$56.2K
Feb 2025$54.2K
Jan 2025$55.9K
Dec 2024$51.7K
Nov 2024$46.6K
Oct 2024$49.6K
Sep 2024$52.9K
Aug 2024$52.3K
Jul 2024$57.5K
Jun 2024$60.4K
May 2024$69.5K
Apr 2024$61.6K
Mar 2024$58.9K
Feb 2024$61.5K
Jan 2024$49.7K
Dec 2023$56.3K
Nov 2023$55.7K
Oct 2023$53.8K

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$41.6K
Aug 2026$41.6K
Jul 2026$41.6K
Jun 2026$42.7K
May 2026$42.7K
Apr 2026$42.7K
Mar 2026$42.7K
Feb 2026$42.7K
Jan 2026$42.7K
Dec 2025$45.6K
Nov 2025$45.6K
Oct 2025$45.6K
Sep 2025$46.8K
Aug 2025$46.8K
Jul 2025$46.8K
Jun 2025$40.8K
May 2025$40.8K
Apr 2025$40.8K
Mar 2025$40.8K
Feb 2025$40.8K
Jan 2025$40.8K
Dec 2024$40.8K
Nov 2024$44.8K
Oct 2024$44.8K
Sep 2024$44.8K
Aug 2024$44.8K
Jul 2024$44.8K
Jun 2024$45.5K
May 2024$45.5K
Apr 2024$45.5K
Mar 2024$45.5K
Feb 2024$45.5K
Jan 2024$45.5K
Dec 2023$45.5K
Nov 2023$45.5K
Oct 2023$45.5K

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$22.1K-0.9%
FY2023$22.3K-12.8%
FY2022$25.5Kn/a
FY2021$0n/a
FY2020$0n/a
FY2019$0n/a
FY2018$0n/a
FY2017$0n/a
FY2016$0n/a
FY2015$0n/a
FY2014$0-100.0%
FY2013$1.4Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$4.53M$4M+13.1%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$1.12M$1.59M-30.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.47M$9.36M-62.9%
Charges for Services$8.67M$8.38M+3.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$53.9K$164K-67.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$5.22M$1.85M+181.4%
Other Sources$1.6M$2.04M-21.6%
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)$2.46M$2.52M-2.5%
Public Safety$7.69M$5.36M+43.5%
Physical Environment$7.36M$7.36M0.0%
Transportation$3.32M$3M+10.5%
Economic Environment$404K$462K-12.5%
Culture / Recreation$783K$821K-4.6%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$1.6M$1.9M-16.0%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$299MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$361M high2026
Change on a year earlier-9.9%June 30, 2026
Change, real-12.7%June 30, 2026
Branches3June 30, 2026
Institutions3June 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 Avon Park.

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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
SouthState Bank, National AssociationAvon Park Branch400 Us Highway 27 NAvon Park$136M
Seacoast National BankAvon Park Branch800 W Main StAvon Park$103M
Truist BankAvon Park Branch601 Us Highway 27 SAvon Park$59.7M

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