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Everglades

City, Collier County. Population 378 (2025), -0.8% on the prior year, +7.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Everglades

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 0.92 square miles of land.

Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 2025378BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 2026382Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979656 high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Collier County's growth rate of 1.41% 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-0.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+7.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20203522020

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
2025378estimate-0.8%
2024381estimate+1.3%
2023376estimate-1.8%
2022383estimate+5.5%
2021363estimate+3.1%
2020352census-17.8%
2019428estimate+4.9%
2018408estimate-7.9%
2017443estimate+2.5%
2016432estimate+1.2%
2015427estimate+4.4%
2014409estimate0.0%
2013409estimate+2.0%
2012401estimate-1.2%
2011406estimate+1.5%
2010400census-39.0%
2009656estimate+1.2%
2008648estimate+0.8%
2007643estimate+22.0%
2006527estimate0.0%
2005527estimate0.0%
2004527estimate+1.0%
2003522estimate+2.8%
2002508estimate+4.1%
2001488estimate+1.9%
2000479census-18.0%
1999584estimate+4.8%
1998557estimate+2.4%
1997544estimate+0.6%
1996541estimate-0.4%
1995543estimate+1.9%
1994533estimate+55.8%
1993342estimate+0.6%
1992340estimate+0.3%
1991339estimaten/a
1989526estimate-3.7%
1988546estimate+2.1%
1987535estimate+0.9%
1986530estimate+3.1%
1985514estimate+0.8%
1984510estimate-2.1%
1983521estimate-0.6%
1982524estimate+1.0%
1981519estimaten/a
1979587estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Collier County)5.0%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Collier County)182,606Aug 2026
Employment (Collier County)173,460Aug 2026
Unemployed (Collier County)9,146Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.7%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 2026182,606173,4609,1465.0%
Jul 2026181,410172,2859,1255.0%
Jun 2026183,221174,4058,8164.8%
May 2026184,225175,8738,3524.5%
Apr 2026186,234177,6698,5654.6%
Mar 2026185,999177,6288,3714.5%
Feb 2026186,694177,4169,2785.0%
Jan 2026185,227175,7169,5115.1%
Dec 2025184,716176,2268,4904.6%
Nov 2025185,265175,7269,5395.1%
Sep 2025181,484172,9618,5234.7%
Aug 2025181,465172,9498,5164.7%
Jul 2025181,127173,1068,0214.4%
Jun 2025182,976175,5687,4084.0%
May 2025186,249179,6566,5933.5%
Apr 2025188,638182,3966,2423.3%
Mar 2025189,621183,2726,3493.3%
Feb 2025189,385182,7796,6063.5%
Jan 2025189,817183,0686,7493.6%
Dec 2024188,637182,9225,7153.0%
Nov 2024186,974180,4136,5613.5%
Oct 2024183,858177,2086,6503.6%
Sep 2024183,776176,7657,0113.8%
Aug 2024184,021176,6167,4054.0%
Jul 2024184,421177,1667,2553.9%
Jun 2024183,914177,4386,4763.5%
May 2024186,790181,3735,4172.9%
Apr 2024188,380183,3085,0722.7%
Mar 2024188,587183,2045,3832.9%
Feb 2024187,522181,9245,5983.0%
Jan 2024186,647180,8055,8423.1%
Dec 2023184,821179,6635,1582.8%
Nov 2023183,947178,3185,6293.1%
Oct 2023182,563176,5466,0173.3%
Sep 2023180,375173,9616,4143.6%
Aug 2023179,443172,8236,6203.7%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025185,522177,9737,5494.1%
2024186,128179,9296,1993.3%
2023181,192175,7105,4823.0%
2022174,939169,5665,3733.1%
2021167,721160,9126,8094.1%
2020163,617151,08012,5377.7%
2019166,444160,8655,5793.4%
2018164,205158,1176,0883.7%
2017160,386153,3097,0774.4%
2016157,630149,7697,8615.0%
2015163,519154,8388,6815.3%
2014159,119149,2359,8846.2%
2013154,672143,21811,4547.4%
2012151,560138,31813,2428.7%
2011148,338133,05815,28010.3%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses10New licenses by month, Apr 2019 to Aug 2026Apr 20192 highAug 2026
Food service licenses2Aug 2026
Lodging licenses4Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses4Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)17Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+21.4%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: Everglades City, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 34139.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)352023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)1832023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$5.02M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
4COPalcohol2
2010-SEATfood2
2002-MOTLlodging2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging2
2APSalcohol1
4COP-SFSalcohol1

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: Everglades City)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies1310
Florida profit corporations11
Florida non-profit corporations23
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 34139: 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
3413935183$5.02M

Building permits

Dec 2014
Housing units permitted, last 12 months0Housing units permitted by month, Jan 2005 to Dec 2014Jan 200540 highDec 2014
Permit valuation, last 12 months$0Dec 2014
Units, latest month0Dec 2014
Single family units, last 12 months0Dec 2014
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Dec 2014
Units, latest annual table02020

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
Dec 2014000$0
Nov 2014000$0
Oct 2014000$0
Sep 2014000$0
Aug 2014000$0
Jul 2014000$0
Jun 2014000$0
May 2014000$0
Apr 2014000$0
Mar 2014000$0
Feb 2014000$0
Jan 2014000$0
Dec 2013000$0
Nov 2013000$0
Oct 2013000$0
Sep 2013000$0
Aug 2013000$0
Jul 2013000$0
Jun 2013000$0
May 2013000$0
Apr 2013000$0
Mar 2013000$0
Feb 2013000$0
Jan 2013000$0
Dec 2012000$0
Nov 2012000$0
Oct 2012000$0
Sep 2012000$0
Aug 2012000$0
Jul 2012000$0
Jun 2012000$0
May 2012000$0
Apr 2012000$0
Mar 2012000$0
Feb 2012000$0
Jan 2012000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2020000$0
2019000$0
2018330$1.5M
2017000$0
2016000$0
2015000$0
2014000$0
2013000$0
2012000$0
2011000$0
2010000$0
2009000$0
2008000$0
2007110$232K
200615150$3.47M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$215M
Total taxable value (non school)$63.5M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$79.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+0.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+3.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$215M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.87M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,1562026 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; 48% 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$51.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$7.22M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$368K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$142K2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$18.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$1.25M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$135M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.11M2026 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
Residential229$51.2M$40.7M$877K233-1.6%
Commercial12$7.22M$5.71M$139Kn/a+16.9%
Industrial2$368K$328K$0n/a+2.4%
Agricultural0$142K$25K$0n/a0.0%
Vacant186$18.6M$15.6M$0n/a-2.1%
Institutional3$1.25M$204K$36.1Kn/a+20.1%
Government1,646$135M$0$813Kn/a+0.7%
Other77$1.11M$864K$0n/a-5.6%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units280Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199082.4% high2024
Occupied units962020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1842020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households592020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households372020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate61.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)39.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households100.0%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%)0.0%2025
Median gross rent$1.71K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$425K2024

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 less009
All households30.01-50% AMI9489
All households50.01-80% AMI1800
All households80.01-120% AMI900
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI6600
Renters30% AMI or less000
Renters30.01-50% AMI0300
Renters50.01-80% AMI000
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI000
Owners30% AMI or less009
Owners30.01-50% AMI9189
Owners50.01-80% AMI1800
Owners80.01-120% AMI900
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI6600

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$120K3
1997$104K2
1998$128K2
1999$120K3
2000$160K5
2001$146K4
2002$155K5
2003$238K4
2004$264K4
2005$350K9
2006$469K5
2007$430K2
2008$510K4
2009$132K2
2010$265K4
2011$200K8
2012$260K4
2013$232K4
2014$300K3
2015$352K4

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$3.82KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$7.81K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$59.3KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$59.3KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$1.95KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$23.3KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$23.3KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-0.2%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$8.64MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+2.5%FY2024
Total expenditures$4.4MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+15.9%FY2024
Revenues per resident$22.7KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$2.71MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+5.5%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$3.82K
Aug 2026$4.04K
Jul 2026$4.34K
Jun 2026$5.29K
May 2026$6.34K
Apr 2026$5.77K
Mar 2026$5.78K
Feb 2026$5.93K
Jan 2026$5.06K
Dec 2025$5.01K
Nov 2025$4.11K
Oct 2025$3.78K
Sep 2025$4.27K
Aug 2025$4.31K
Jul 2025$4.62K
Jun 2025$5.59K
May 2025$6.37K
Apr 2025$6.25K
Mar 2025$5.65K
Feb 2025$6.14K
Jan 2025$5.53K
Dec 2024$4.48K
Nov 2024$4.07K
Oct 2024$4.17K
Sep 2024$4.26K
Aug 2024$4.32K
Jul 2024$4.97K
Jun 2024$5.85K
May 2024$7.01K
Apr 2024$6.47K
Mar 2024$6.41K
Feb 2024$6.58K
Jan 2024$5.91K
Dec 2023$5.19K
Nov 2023$4.73K
Oct 2023$4.59K

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$1.95K
Aug 2026$1.95K
Jul 2026$1.95K
Jun 2026$1.93K
May 2026$1.93K
Apr 2026$1.93K
Mar 2026$1.93K
Feb 2026$1.93K
Jan 2026$1.93K
Dec 2025$1.96K
Nov 2025$1.96K
Oct 2025$1.96K
Sep 2025$1.97K
Aug 2025$1.97K
Jul 2025$1.97K
Jun 2025$1.93K
May 2025$1.93K
Apr 2025$1.93K
Mar 2025$1.93K
Feb 2025$1.93K
Jan 2025$1.93K
Dec 2024$1.93K
Nov 2024$1.97K
Oct 2024$1.97K
Sep 2024$1.97K
Aug 2024$1.97K
Jul 2024$1.97K
Jun 2024$1.98K
May 2024$1.98K
Apr 2024$1.98K
Mar 2024$1.98K
Feb 2024$1.98K
Jan 2024$1.98K
Dec 2023$1.98K
Nov 2023$1.98K
Oct 2023$1.98K

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$2.71M+5.5%
FY2024$2.57M+14.5%
FY2023$2.25M+30.9%
FY2022$1.72M-0.7%
FY2021$1.73M-4.4%
FY2020$1.81M-7.0%
FY2019$1.95M+24.3%
FY2018$1.57M-4.1%
FY2017$1.63M-4.0%
FY2016$1.7Mn/a
FY2015$0-100.0%
FY2014$1.57M+10.8%
FY2013$1.42Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$1.02M$1M+1.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$128K$78.8K+61.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$5.03M$5.01M+0.4%
Charges for Services$2.17M$2.04M+6.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0.2Kn/an/a
Miscellaneous Revenues$288K$302K-4.5%
Other Sources$0.1Kn/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)$606K$517K+17.3%
Public Safety$159K$330K-51.9%
Physical Environment$3.3M$2.57M+28.4%
Transportation$146K$183K-20.5%
Human Services$20.9K$24.5K-14.9%
Culture / Recreation$173K$176K-1.8%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a

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