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Alford

Town, Jackson County. Population 482 (2025), +1.7% on the prior year, -0.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Alford

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.05 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population482Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979589 high2025
Change since the prior year+1.7%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-0.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20204842020

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
2025482estimate+1.7%
2024474estimate-2.9%
2023488estimate+4.7%
2022466estimate-2.5%
2021478estimate-1.2%
2020484census-2.2%
2019495estimate0.0%
2018495estimate-0.4%
2017497estimate-0.4%
2016499estimate+1.6%
2015491estimate-2.6%
2014504estimate+1.0%
2013499estimate+2.9%
2012485estimate-0.8%
2011489estimate0.0%
2010489census-0.2%
2009490estimate-0.8%
2008494estimate0.0%
2007494estimate+0.4%
2006492estimate+0.8%
2005488estimate+0.8%
2004484estimate+1.3%
2003478estimate-6.1%
2002509estimate+2.2%
2001498estimate+6.9%
2000466census-20.9%
1999589estimate+1.0%
1998583estimate+1.6%
1997574estimate+7.1%
1996536estimate+2.7%
1995522estimate+5.7%
1994494estimate+1.0%
1993489estimate+0.6%
1992486estimate+4.5%
1991465estimaten/a
1989554estimate+0.4%
1988552estimate+1.8%
1987542estimate+2.1%
1986531estimate-0.6%
1985534estimate0.0%
1984534estimate+3.9%
1983514estimate-0.4%
1982516estimate-5.8%
1981548estimaten/a
1979459estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Jackson County)5.2%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20168.3% highAug 2026
Labor force (Jackson County)17,386Aug 2026
Employment (Jackson County)16,481Aug 2026
Unemployed (Jackson County)905Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.9%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.1%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 202617,38616,4819055.2%
Jul 202617,07116,1379345.5%
Jun 202617,26216,3479155.3%
May 202617,53116,6568755.0%
Apr 202617,53016,6328985.1%
Mar 202617,46816,5708985.1%
Feb 202617,51316,5149995.7%
Jan 202617,41116,3701,0416.0%
Dec 202517,58816,6719175.2%
Nov 202517,65216,6481,0045.7%
Sep 202517,68116,8608214.6%
Aug 202517,40816,5538554.9%
Jul 202517,17716,3518264.8%
Jun 202517,23016,4547764.5%
May 202517,44516,7347114.1%
Apr 202517,47316,8226513.7%
Mar 202517,42316,7436803.9%
Feb 202517,42216,7266964.0%
Jan 202517,58316,8747094.0%
Dec 202417,70617,0886183.5%
Nov 202417,76617,0706963.9%
Oct 202418,12217,4207023.9%
Sep 202418,15717,4437143.9%
Aug 202418,12417,3168084.5%
Jul 202417,79917,0257744.3%
Jun 202417,78617,0667204.0%
May 202418,01017,3976133.4%
Apr 202418,05417,4396153.4%
Mar 202418,11217,4526603.6%
Feb 202418,01317,3336803.8%
Jan 202418,01117,3067053.9%
Dec 202318,14817,5136353.5%
Nov 202318,08817,4526363.5%
Oct 202318,28817,6086803.7%
Sep 202318,27617,5976793.7%
Aug 202318,07217,3727003.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202517,46216,6767864.5%
202417,97217,2806923.9%
202318,01117,4006113.4%
202217,30716,7365713.3%
202117,50716,6748334.8%
202017,53816,5381,0005.7%
201917,45316,8236303.6%
201817,56216,8587044.0%
201717,64316,8527914.5%
201617,78716,8669215.2%
201517,29416,2651,0296.0%
201417,38516,1751,2107.0%
201317,67716,2821,3957.9%
201217,92516,3181,6079.0%
201118,19716,4491,7489.6%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses7New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses3Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses4Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)35Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+29.6%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month1Sep 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: Alford, 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
2APSalcohol2
2010-SEATfood2
2COPalcohol1
7COPalcohol1
2014-MFDVfood1

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: Alford)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies3221
Florida profit corporations24
Florida non-profit corporations01
Out of state entities registering in Florida11
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months0Housing units permitted by month, Feb 2022 to Aug 2026Feb 20221 highAug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$0Aug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table02025

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 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024110$188K
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024110$188K
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025000$0
2024000$0
2023220$375K
2022440$750K
2021220$343K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$44M
Total taxable value (non school)$21.3M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$24.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+5.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$41.7M2025 final roll
New construction value$433K2026 preliminary
Parcels5122026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 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; 27% 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$106K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months18Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$52.5KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$25.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$1.73M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$43.1K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$12.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$2.04M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$1M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$743K2026 preliminary
Just value, other$216K2026 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
Residential218$25.6M$13.2M$258K229+2.6%
Commercial9$1.73M$1.54M$0n/a+0.9%
Industrial1$43.1K$43.1K$0n/a-74.6%
Agricultural121$12.7M$4.43M$122Kn/a+14.1%
Vacant143$2.04M$1.8M$52.8Kn/a+12.0%
Institutional9$1M$0$0n/a-2.0%
Government9$743K$35.8K$0n/a+0.4%
Other4$216K$207K$0n/a+0.1%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units260Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199086.0% high2024
Occupied units1752020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units852020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1312020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households442020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)17.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households25.0%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%)6.9%2025
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$120K2024

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 less305
All households30.01-50% AMI13168
All households50.01-80% AMI930
All households80.01-120% AMI4030
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI9500
Renters30% AMI or less000
Renters30.01-50% AMI0135
Renters50.01-80% AMI000
Renters80.01-120% AMI3100
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2300
Owners30% AMI or less305
Owners30.01-50% AMI1333
Owners50.01-80% AMI930
Owners80.01-120% AMI930
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI7200

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$20K3
1997$21K2
1998$40.8K2
1999$35K7
2000$45K6
2001$28.2K2
2002$49.9K2
2003$15K2
2004$55K7
2005$60K5
2006$93.5K3
2007$116K3
2008$50K5
2009$66K4
2010$36.2K2
2011$66.2K4
2012$74.5K4
2013$51.5K4
2014$43.2K2
2015$64K2

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$2.7KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$3.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$30.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$30.5KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-10.4%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$2.95KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$35.4KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$35.4KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.6%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$4.65MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+81.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.25MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-17.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$9.81KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$161KFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-0.6%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$2.7K
Aug 2026$2.49K
Jul 2026$2.48K
Jun 2026$2.66K
May 2026$2.83K
Apr 2026$2.37K
Mar 2026$2.51K
Feb 2026$2.54K
Jan 2026$2.49K
Dec 2025$2.51K
Nov 2025$2.55K
Oct 2025$2.43K
Sep 2025$3.07K
Aug 2025$2.94K
Jul 2025$2.89K
Jun 2025$3.09K
May 2025$3.05K
Apr 2025$2.67K
Mar 2025$2.41K
Feb 2025$3.08K
Jan 2025$2.61K
Dec 2024$2.78K
Nov 2024$2.62K
Oct 2024$2.87K
Sep 2024$2.83K
Aug 2024$2.63K
Jul 2024$2.81K
Jun 2024$3.05K
May 2024$2.84K
Apr 2024$2.6K
Mar 2024$2.35K
Feb 2024$2.77K
Jan 2024$2.44K
Dec 2023$2.55K
Nov 2023$2.7K
Oct 2023$2.58K

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$2.95K
Aug 2026$2.95K
Jul 2026$2.95K
Jun 2026$2.95K
May 2026$2.95K
Apr 2026$2.95K
Mar 2026$2.95K
Feb 2026$2.95K
Jan 2026$2.95K
Dec 2025$2.96K
Nov 2025$2.96K
Oct 2025$2.96K
Sep 2025$2.97K
Aug 2025$2.97K
Jul 2025$2.97K
Jun 2025$2.92K
May 2025$2.92K
Apr 2025$2.92K
Mar 2025$2.92K
Feb 2025$2.92K
Jan 2025$2.92K
Dec 2024$2.92K
Nov 2024$2.94K
Oct 2024$2.94K
Sep 2024$2.94K
Aug 2024$2.94K
Jul 2024$2.94K
Jun 2024$2.95K
May 2024$2.95K
Apr 2024$2.95K
Mar 2024$2.95K
Feb 2024$2.95K
Jan 2024$2.95K
Dec 2023$2.95K
Nov 2023$2.95K
Oct 2023$2.95K

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$161K-0.6%
FY2023$162K-6.4%
FY2022$173K-15.5%
FY2021$205K-9.3%
FY2020$226K+11.4%
FY2019$203K-11.4%
FY2018$229K0.0%
FY2017$229K+13.2%
FY2016$202K-1.9%
FY2015$206K-1.9%
FY2014$210K-1.9%
FY2013$214Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$162K$155K+4.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$43.2K$59.7K-27.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.98M$1.25M+218.8%
Charges for Services$202K$178K+13.2%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0.4K$0.6K-29.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$61.6K$36.5K+68.9%
Other Sources$204K$883K-76.8%
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)$461K$1.04M-55.9%
Public Safety$32.3K$46.4K-30.3%
Physical Environment$218K$200K+9.2%
Transportation$515K$181K+185.3%
Culture / Recreation$26.2K$47.6K-45.0%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a

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