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Mexico Beach

City, Bay County. Population 1,402 (2025), -1.0% on the prior year, +53.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Mexico Beach

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.44 square miles of land.

Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 20251,402BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 20261,473Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519791.4k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Bay County's growth rate of 1.15% 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-1.0%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+53.1%2020 to 2025
Census 20209162020

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
20251,402estimate-1.0%
20241,416estimate+10.2%
20231,285estimate+4.6%
20221,229estimate+18.5%
20211,037estimate+13.2%
2020916census+46.1%
2019627estimate-51.2%
20181,285estimate+6.9%
20171,202estimate+0.5%
20161,196estimate+5.3%
20151,136estimate+0.9%
20141,126estimate+1.4%
20131,110estimate+1.4%
20121,095estimate+1.2%
20111,082estimate+0.9%
20101,072census-19.2%
20091,326estimate-0.4%
20081,331estimate+0.8%
20071,320estimate+13.4%
20061,164estimate+3.7%
20051,122estimate+1.4%
20041,107estimate-1.2%
20031,121estimate+5.2%
20021,066estimate+3.1%
20011,034estimate+1.7%
20001,017census-2.4%
19991,042estimate0.0%
19981,042estimate+1.9%
19971,023estimate+5.1%
1996973estimate-3.6%
19951,009estimate-0.4%
19941,013estimate0.0%
19931,013estimate+1.0%
19921,003estimate+1.0%
1991993estimaten/a
19891,227estimate+2.8%
19881,193estimate-0.7%
19871,202estimate+2.2%
19861,176estimate+4.6%
19851,124estimate+6.6%
19841,054estimate+9.6%
1983962estimate+10.4%
1982871estimate+5.6%
1981825estimaten/a
1979917estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Bay County)4.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.5% highAug 2026
Labor force (Bay County)95,375Aug 2026
Employment (Bay County)91,158Aug 2026
Unemployed (Bay County)4,217Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.2%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+1.0%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 202695,37591,1584,2174.4%
Jul 202694,72490,4114,3134.6%
Jun 202695,60791,3304,2774.5%
May 202694,53190,3724,1594.4%
Apr 202694,24289,9044,3384.6%
Mar 202693,66389,4074,2564.5%
Feb 202692,84288,1354,7075.1%
Jan 202692,19287,1605,0325.5%
Dec 202592,22487,7984,4264.8%
Nov 202592,35287,6864,6665.1%
Sep 202593,93490,0593,8754.1%
Aug 202594,45490,5083,9464.2%
Jul 202594,64890,8363,8124.0%
Jun 202595,09191,4833,6083.8%
May 202594,20991,0143,1953.4%
Apr 202594,03890,9543,0843.3%
Mar 202593,67690,5073,1693.4%
Feb 202591,95188,6123,3393.6%
Jan 202591,84688,2873,5593.9%
Dec 202491,88788,8813,0063.3%
Nov 202492,72289,4613,2613.5%
Oct 202494,03990,9193,1203.3%
Sep 202493,25790,1043,1533.4%
Aug 202494,34090,9853,3553.6%
Jul 202494,82391,3983,4253.6%
Jun 202494,70591,4453,2603.4%
May 202493,24990,4772,7723.0%
Apr 202492,39289,7852,6072.8%
Mar 202492,22189,4142,8073.0%
Feb 202490,28687,3212,9653.3%
Jan 202489,54186,2893,2523.6%
Dec 202389,57386,7972,7763.1%
Nov 202390,43887,6642,7743.1%
Oct 202392,01189,1532,8583.1%
Sep 202392,64489,8222,8223.0%
Aug 202393,47290,5652,9073.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202593,49389,7953,6984.0%
202492,78989,7073,0823.3%
202390,95688,3342,6222.9%
202288,22085,7012,5192.9%
202186,13782,6413,4964.1%
202082,74377,5685,1756.3%
201984,99081,7643,2263.8%
201889,29585,6393,6564.1%
201789,40185,6743,7274.2%
201689,60085,3384,2624.8%
201587,45282,6174,8355.5%
201487,05781,3135,7446.6%
201385,92479,3676,5577.6%
201286,03778,3247,7139.0%
201186,96577,9249,04110.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses72New licenses by month, Oct 2021 to Aug 2026Oct 20212 highAug 2026
Food service licenses10Aug 2026
Lodging licenses55Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses7Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months2Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)2Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-66.7%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month0Sep 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: Mexico Beach, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32410.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)62023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)392023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$1.74M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging27
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging11
2014-MFDVfood7
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging6
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging6
2APSalcohol3
2010-SEATfood3
2002-MOTLlodging3
2COPalcohol1
2COP-SFSalcohol1
3PSalcohol1
4COP-Salcohol1
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging1
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging1

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: Mexico Beach)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies26
Florida profit corporations00
Florida non-profit corporations00
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32410: 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
32410639$1.74M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months45Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200918 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-31.8%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$23.1MAug 2026
Units, latest month3Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months45Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table872025

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 2026330$1.52M
Jul 2026440$3.07M
Jun 2026440$2.46M
May 2026440$2.24M
Apr 2026660$3.85M
Mar 2026440$2.29M
Feb 2026220$987K
Jan 2026220$1.53M
Dec 2025220$875K
Nov 2025440$1.22M
Oct 2025550$1.53M
Sep 2025550$1.53M
Aug 2025660$1.83M
Jul 2025550$1.53M
Jun 2025770$2.14M
May 2025660$1.83M
Apr 2025660$1.83M
Mar 2025550$1.53M
Feb 2025550$1.53M
Jan 2025550$1.53M
Dec 2024550$1.53M
Nov 2024550$1.53M
Oct 2024660$1.83M
Sep 2024550$1.53M
Aug 2024660$1.83M
Jul 2024660$1.83M
Jun 2024660$1.83M
May 2024770$2.14M
Apr 2024770$2.14M
Mar 2024660$1.83M
Feb 2024660$1.83M
Jan 2024660$1.83M
Dec 2023550$1.53M
Nov 2023550$1.53M
Oct 2023660$1.83M
Sep 2023660$1.83M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202587870$27.9M
202471710$21.7M
202368680$20.8M
202272720$22M
202183830$25.3M
202072720$22M
201957570$17.4M
201856560$17.1M
201749490$15M
201627270$7.33M
201532300$10.2M
201418180$3.48M
2013990$1.58M
201224618$2.6M
2011660$1.11M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.03B
Total taxable value (non school)$800M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$929M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+5.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+13.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$978M2025 final roll
New construction value$47.9M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,2022026 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; 73% 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$458K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months129Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$386KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$765M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$29M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$4.11M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$11.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$181M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$815K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$26.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$12.5M2026 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
Residential1,365$765M$613M$47.4M1,506+9.5%
Commercial26$29M$22.2M$425Kn/a+3.6%
Industrial7$4.11M$3.01M$0n/a-0.2%
Agricultural25$11.2M$1.26M$0n/a0.0%
Vacant737$181M$148M$39.8Kn/a-8.0%
Institutional2$815K$0$0n/a-0.5%
Government27$26.1M$0$0n/a+0.2%
Other12$12.5M$12.4M$0n/a0.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,320Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199082.8% high2024
Occupied units6322020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units6882020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4942020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1382020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate78.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)18.1%2025
Cost burdened renter households21.9%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%)3.5%2025
Median gross rent$1.95K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$480K2024

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 less0018
All households30.01-50% AMI2405
All households50.01-80% AMI663520
All households80.01-120% AMI96813
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI3921910
Renters30% AMI or less000
Renters30.01-50% AMI000
Renters50.01-80% AMI044
Renters80.01-120% AMI5180
RentersGreater than 120% AMI3890
Owners30% AMI or less0018
Owners30.01-50% AMI2405
Owners50.01-80% AMI663116
Owners80.01-120% AMI45013
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3541010

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$80.8K44
1997$85K49
1998$106K46
1999$110K50
2000$133K54
2001$142K63
2002$196K91
2003$230K114
2004$341K112
2005$395K121
2006$405K42
2007$337K30
2008$210K27
2009$214K40
2010$182K28
2011$180K42
2012$166K58
2013$189K48
2014$190K63
2015$219K79

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$19.5KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$19.8K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$173KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$173KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+2.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$4.31KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$52.8KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$52.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+7.1%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$13.1MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-6.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$10.6MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+4.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$9.24KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$3.01MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-3.5%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$19.5K
Aug 2026$19.8K
Jul 2026$16.3K
Jun 2026$15.3K
May 2026$16.5K
Apr 2026$12.3K
Mar 2026$10.9K
Feb 2026$11.5K
Jan 2026$10.7K
Dec 2025$13K
Nov 2025$13.6K
Oct 2025$13.6K
Sep 2025$19K
Aug 2025$19.3K
Jul 2025$16K
Jun 2025$15.5K
May 2025$15K
Apr 2025$12K
Mar 2025$10K
Feb 2025$11.6K
Jan 2025$10.9K
Dec 2024$12.7K
Nov 2024$12.2K
Oct 2024$14.2K
Sep 2024$17.2K
Aug 2024$18.5K
Jul 2024$15.6K
Jun 2024$14.3K
May 2024$14.9K
Apr 2024$12.1K
Mar 2024$10.6K
Feb 2024$11.4K
Jan 2024$10.7K
Dec 2023$12.7K
Nov 2023$13.1K
Oct 2023$13.9K

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$4.31K
Aug 2026$4.31K
Jul 2026$4.31K
Jun 2026$4.33K
May 2026$4.33K
Apr 2026$4.33K
Mar 2026$4.33K
Feb 2026$4.33K
Jan 2026$4.33K
Dec 2025$4.63K
Nov 2025$4.63K
Oct 2025$4.63K
Sep 2025$4.76K
Aug 2025$4.76K
Jul 2025$4.76K
Jun 2025$3.81K
May 2025$3.81K
Apr 2025$3.81K
Mar 2025$3.81K
Feb 2025$3.81K
Jan 2025$3.81K
Dec 2024$3.81K
Nov 2024$4.18K
Oct 2024$4.18K
Sep 2024$4.18K
Aug 2024$4.18K
Jul 2024$4.18K
Jun 2024$3.99K
May 2024$3.99K
Apr 2024$3.99K
Mar 2024$3.99K
Feb 2024$3.99K
Jan 2024$3.99K
Dec 2023$3.99K
Nov 2023$3.99K
Oct 2023$3.99K

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
FY2025$3.01M-3.5%
FY2024$3.12M-3.3%
FY2023$3.23M-7.8%
FY2022$3.5M-7.0%
FY2021$3.76M-6.3%
FY2020$4.02M-10.3%
FY2019$4.48M-6.5%
FY2018$4.79M-11.6%
FY2017$5.42M-8.9%
FY2016$5.94M-10.4%
FY2015$6.63M-7.8%
FY2014$7.19M-7.0%
FY2013$7.73Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$3.99M$3.79M+5.1%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$1.04M$817K+26.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.67M$5.86M-37.5%
Charges for Services$3.5M$2.9M+20.6%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$6.24K$23.1K-72.9%
Miscellaneous Revenues$891K$644K+38.5%
Other Sourcesn/an/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)$1.9M$1.14M+66.9%
Public Safety$3.16M$2.04M+55.3%
Physical Environment$3.28M$2.98M+10.2%
Transportation$1.01M$3.42M-70.5%
Culture / Recreation$1.23M$591K+108.5%
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$45.8MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$47.4M high2026
Change on a year earlier-3.3%June 30, 2026
Change, real-6.3%June 30, 2026
Branches1June 30, 2026
Institutions1June 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 Mexico Beach.

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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
Centennial BankMexico Beach Branch101 15th StMexico Beach$45.8M

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