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Fellsmere

City, Indian River County. Population 4,987 (2025), -0.1% on the prior year, +3.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Fellsmere

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 57.58 square miles of land.

Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 20254,987BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 20265,013Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519795.6k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Indian River County's growth rate of 1.30% 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-0.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+3.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20204,8342020

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
20254,987estimate-0.1%
20244,990estimate+1.2%
20234,933estimate+0.4%
20224,913estimate+1.8%
20214,824estimate-0.2%
20204,834census-13.8%
20195,611estimate+0.7%
20185,571estimate+1.6%
20175,483estimate+1.5%
20165,401estimate+0.9%
20155,355estimate+0.5%
20145,328estimate+2.6%
20135,191estimate-0.2%
20125,201estimate-0.4%
20115,220estimate+0.4%
20105,197census-2.1%
20095,310estimate+4.0%
20085,108estimate+9.0%
20074,687estimate+1.3%
20064,628estimate+7.1%
20054,322estimate+0.9%
20044,284estimate+2.7%
20034,173estimate+3.2%
20024,044estimate+3.7%
20013,901estimate+2.3%
20003,813census+46.7%
19992,600estimate+2.0%
19982,549estimate+3.3%
19972,468estimate+2.3%
19962,412estimate+2.5%
19952,354estimate+1.9%
19942,311estimate+2.3%
19932,260estimate-0.8%
19922,279estimate+3.9%
19912,193estimaten/a
19891,857estimate+4.9%
19881,770estimate+3.8%
19871,706estimate+2.5%
19861,665estimate+2.5%
19851,624estimate+0.2%
19841,621estimate+11.6%
19831,453estimate+7.3%
19821,354estimate+8.3%
19811,250estimaten/a
19791,036estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Indian River County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201613.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Indian River County)67,290Aug 2026
Employment (Indian River County)63,536Aug 2026
Unemployed (Indian River County)3,754Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%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 202667,29063,5363,7545.6%
Jul 202667,08363,3013,7825.6%
Jun 202667,50363,7573,7465.5%
May 202667,35263,7873,5655.3%
Apr 202667,71364,0763,6375.4%
Mar 202667,64364,0933,5505.2%
Feb 202668,09064,1373,9535.8%
Jan 202667,77163,6774,0946.0%
Dec 202567,66964,0273,6425.4%
Nov 202567,97863,9664,0125.9%
Sep 202567,74964,1883,5615.3%
Aug 202567,43563,8633,5725.3%
Jul 202567,61864,2773,3414.9%
Jun 202567,78464,5933,1914.7%
May 202567,98965,1662,8234.2%
Apr 202568,68065,9682,7123.9%
Mar 202568,68266,0272,6553.9%
Feb 202568,76765,9732,7944.1%
Jan 202569,19566,2742,9214.2%
Dec 202468,20465,6642,5403.7%
Nov 202467,64464,8452,7994.1%
Oct 202467,07264,2742,7984.2%
Sep 202467,91464,9662,9484.3%
Aug 202467,91964,8073,1124.6%
Jul 202468,18465,0653,1194.6%
Jun 202467,69864,8352,8634.2%
May 202467,75665,2882,4683.6%
Apr 202468,19565,9342,2613.3%
Mar 202468,40466,0872,3173.4%
Feb 202468,41565,8882,5273.7%
Jan 202468,43365,7972,6363.9%
Dec 202368,14465,8102,3343.4%
Nov 202367,88565,3612,5243.7%
Oct 202367,83665,1892,6473.9%
Sep 202367,79564,9362,8594.2%
Aug 202367,86164,9432,9184.3%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202568,14064,9383,2024.7%
202467,98765,2882,6994.0%
202367,66165,2192,4423.6%
202265,70963,3192,3903.6%
202163,01959,8363,1835.1%
202061,88556,9704,9157.9%
201962,89560,3582,5374.0%
201862,31759,4902,8274.5%
201761,46858,2473,2215.2%
201660,37356,6053,7686.2%
201561,15756,9304,2276.9%
201461,43356,3945,0398.2%
201361,20355,0416,16210.1%
201261,58454,6006,98411.3%
201161,77053,8277,94312.9%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$29.2M

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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$11.9M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$24M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error26.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$2.9M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$3.71M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error6.7%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$11.9M$24M$17.8M26.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$2.9M$3.71M$3.96M6.7%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 26% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses34New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses16Aug 2026
Lodging licenses3Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses15Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months2Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)114Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-8.8%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: Fellsmere, 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
2014-MFDVfood9
2APSalcohol8
2010-SEATfood6
2COPalcohol4
2003-NAPTlodging3
4COP-SFSalcohol2
1APSalcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1

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: Fellsmere)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies99106
Florida profit corporations913
Florida non-profit corporations56
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months12Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 20095 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-14.3%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$5.43MAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months12Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table142025

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$453K
Jul 2026110$453K
Jun 2026110$453K
May 2026220$906K
Apr 2026110$453K
Mar 2026110$453K
Feb 2026110$453K
Jan 2026110$453K
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025110$453K
Oct 2025110$453K
Sep 2025110$453K
Aug 2025110$453K
Jul 2025110$453K
Jun 2025110$453K
May 2025110$453K
Apr 2025110$453K
Mar 2025220$906K
Feb 2025110$453K
Jan 2025110$453K
Dec 2024110$453K
Nov 2024110$453K
Oct 2024220$906K
Sep 2024110$453K
Aug 2024110$453K
Jul 2024220$906K
Jun 2024220$906K
May 2024110$453K
Apr 2024220$906K
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023110$359K
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202514140$6.34M
202413130$5.89M
202316160$7.24M
2022330$1.08M
202110100$2.39M
2020550$1.09M
2019440$1.13M
2018000$0
2017000$0
2016660$1.37M
2015000$0
2014110$205K
2013550$756K
201215150$2.46M
2011880$1.13M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$530M
Total taxable value (non school)$216M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$246M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$517M2025 final roll
New construction value$8.46M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,2002026 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 2020 block groups; 81% 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$193K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months11Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$250KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$272M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$14.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$7.31M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$142M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$29.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$4.85M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$49.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$11.2M2026 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
Residential1,285$272M$138M$6.63M1,518+1.3%
Commercial37$14.2M$12.9M$546Kn/a+5.9%
Industrial8$7.31M$7.27M$0n/a-4.4%
Agricultural183$142M$24.4M$991Kn/a+3.9%
Vacant544$29.1M$22.6M$1.48Kn/a+7.3%
Institutional20$4.85M$506K$0.0Kn/a+4.2%
Government98$49.3M$63.3K$296Kn/a+0.3%
Other26$11.2M$9.88M$1.4Kn/a+10.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,445Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199074.0% high2024
Occupied units1,2582020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1872020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households9312020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households3272020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.0%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)38.4%2025
Cost burdened renter households61.2%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%)16.2%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units311Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.16K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$275K2024

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 less313130
All households30.01-50% AMI1464060
All households50.01-80% AMI294068
All households80.01-120% AMI10200
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI28600
Renters30% AMI or less0030
Renters30.01-50% AMI232730
Renters50.01-80% AMI182068
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI3000
Owners30% AMI or less31310
Owners30.01-50% AMI1231330
Owners50.01-80% AMI11200
Owners80.01-120% AMI10200
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI25600

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$58K11
1997$46.5K16
1998$42K11
1999$61.2K26
2000$62K24
2001$72.9K21
2002$77.5K26
2003$85.2K19
2004$105K15
2005$144K27
2006$150K19
2007$150K12
2008$119K15
2009$95K9
2010$80K5
2011$70.6K18
2012$83K21
2013$83K20
2014$75K14
2015$118K10

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Sonrise Villas53 Sonrise LaneFellsmere160160
Sonrise Villas II53 Sonrise LaneFellsmere8080
Whispering Pines - Fellsmere10072 Esperanza CircleFellsmere7171

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$32KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$54.5K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$427KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$427KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.0%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$26.4KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$327KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$327KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.1%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$10.9MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+22.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$10.8MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+20.5%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.19KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$2.67MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+11.8%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$32K
Aug 2026$34.2K
Jul 2026$33.8K
Jun 2026$35.9K
May 2026$41.3K
Apr 2026$34.6K
Mar 2026$36.5K
Feb 2026$44.7K
Jan 2026$34.7K
Dec 2025$34K
Nov 2025$32.1K
Oct 2025$32.9K
Sep 2025$36.8K
Aug 2025$32.6K
Jul 2025$36.2K
Jun 2025$39.3K
May 2025$43.8K
Apr 2025$39.4K
Mar 2025$36.8K
Feb 2025$44.6K
Jan 2025$39.7K
Dec 2024$35.3K
Nov 2024$31.9K
Oct 2024$33.1K
Sep 2024$32.5K
Aug 2024$33.1K
Jul 2024$36.9K
Jun 2024$40.4K
May 2024$43.9K
Apr 2024$39.3K
Mar 2024$38.8K
Feb 2024$46.6K
Jan 2024$38.5K
Dec 2023$37.8K
Nov 2023$35.3K
Oct 2023$35.1K

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$26.4K
Aug 2026$26.4K
Jul 2026$26.4K
Jun 2026$26.9K
May 2026$26.9K
Apr 2026$26.9K
Mar 2026$26.9K
Feb 2026$26.9K
Jan 2026$26.9K
Dec 2025$28.8K
Nov 2025$28.8K
Oct 2025$28.8K
Sep 2025$29.7K
Aug 2025$29.7K
Jul 2025$29.7K
Jun 2025$25.4K
May 2025$25.4K
Apr 2025$25.4K
Mar 2025$25.4K
Feb 2025$25.4K
Jan 2025$25.4K
Dec 2024$25.4K
Nov 2024$28.2K
Oct 2024$28.2K
Sep 2024$28.2K
Aug 2024$28.2K
Jul 2024$28.2K
Jun 2024$28.6K
May 2024$28.6K
Apr 2024$28.6K
Mar 2024$28.6K
Feb 2024$28.6K
Jan 2024$28.6K
Dec 2023$28.6K
Nov 2023$28.6K
Oct 2023$28.6K

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$2.67M+11.8%
FY2024$2.39M-7.6%
FY2023$2.58M-7.0%
FY2022$2.78M-15.5%
FY2021$3.29M-2.2%
FY2020$3.36M-8.7%
FY2019$3.68M-0.2%
FY2018$3.69M-4.2%
FY2017$3.85M-2.8%
FY2016$3.96M-3.3%
FY2015$4.1M-3.0%
FY2014$4.23M-2.8%
FY2013$4.35Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$2.58M$2.49M+4.0%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$814K$865K-6.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.24M$2.57M+26.3%
Charges for Services$1.6M$1.45M+10.0%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$50.5K$13K+287.6%
Miscellaneous Revenues$513K$607K-15.4%
Other Sources$2.12M$939K+125.9%
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)$946K$1.3M-27.5%
Public Safety$1.72M$1.74M-1.3%
Physical Environment$6.37M$2.79M+128.8%
Transportation$1.26M$2.63M-52.1%
Culture / Recreation$546K$533K+2.4%
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$0Deposits, June 30 each year, 2007 to 20262007$16.6M 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 Fellsmere.

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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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