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Cottondale

Town, Jackson County. Population 861 (2025), +4.6% on the prior year, +1.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Cottondale

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 3.27 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population861Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519791.2k high2025
Change since the prior year+4.6%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+1.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20208482020

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
2025861estimate+4.6%
2024823estimate-2.7%
2023846estimate-0.7%
2022852estimate+0.9%
2021844estimate-0.5%
2020848census-0.9%
2019856estimate-3.7%
2018889estimate-1.2%
2017900estimate+0.2%
2016898estimate-1.0%
2015907estimate+0.2%
2014905estimate-0.7%
2013911estimate+0.2%
2012909estimate-2.4%
2011931estimate-0.2%
2010933census+2.4%
2009911estimate-1.0%
2008920estimate+0.2%
2007918estimate0.0%
2006918estimate+0.8%
2005911estimate+1.1%
2004901estimate+1.0%
2003892estimate+1.7%
2002877estimate+0.9%
2001869estimate0.0%
2000869census-25.4%
19991,165estimate+1.9%
19981,143estimate-1.2%
19971,157estimate+7.2%
19961,079estimate+8.4%
1995995estimate+6.9%
1994931estimate+0.4%
1993927estimate+1.2%
1992916estimate+2.3%
1991895estimaten/a
19891,083estimate+6.0%
19881,022estimate-4.2%
19871,067estimate-0.8%
19861,076estimate+1.3%
19851,062estimate+6.9%
1984993estimate-0.8%
19831,001estimate-3.5%
19821,037estimate-1.8%
19811,056estimaten/a
1979881estimaten/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 businesses11New licenses by month, Nov 2021 to Aug 2026Nov 20211 highAug 2026
Food service licenses3Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses6Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)71Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+14.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month2Sep 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: Cottondale, 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
2APSalcohol4
2010-SEATfood3
2003-NAPTlodging2
2COPalcohol1
7COP-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: Cottondale)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies6354
Florida profit corporations66
Florida non-profit corporations21
Out of state entities registering in Florida01
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Housing units permitted, last 12 monthsn/aHousing units permitted by month, Mar 2026 to Aug 2026Mar 20261 highAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table01984

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

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
1984000$0
1983220$67K
1982000$0
1981110$25.2K
1980000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$97.5M
Total taxable value (non school)$46M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$52M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+9.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$88.9M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.15M2026 preliminary
Parcels8862026 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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Qualified sales, last 12 months0Jun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$38.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$3.98M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$1.51M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$40.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$3.73M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$2.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$725K2026 preliminary
Just value, other$6.6M2026 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
Residential312$38.3M$19.4M$492K327+4.0%
Commercial17$3.98M$3.63M$10.8Kn/a+2.7%
Industrial5$1.51M$1.46M$9.71Kn/a+2.1%
Agricultural275$40.1M$11.8M$581Kn/a+17.7%
Vacant233$3.73M$3.23M$51.4Kn/a+22.6%
Institutional12$2.6M$13.4K$3.36Kn/a-0.2%
Government16$725K$16.6K$0n/a+6.5%
Other15$6.6M$6.48M$0n/a+4.5%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units425Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199072.0% high2024
Occupied units3562020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units692020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2382020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1182020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate66.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)18.4%2025
Cost burdened renter households27.8%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%)17.1%2025
Assisted housing developments2Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units49Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.08K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$165K2024

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 less10025
All households30.01-50% AMI34204
All households50.01-80% AMI5973
All households80.01-120% AMI2604
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI16330
Renters30% AMI or less4019
Renters30.01-50% AMI15134
Renters50.01-80% AMI1540
Renters80.01-120% AMI1304
RentersGreater than 120% AMI6700
Owners30% AMI or less606
Owners30.01-50% AMI1970
Owners50.01-80% AMI4433
Owners80.01-120% AMI1300
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI9630

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$12.3K1
1997$51.5K4
1998$38.5K8
1999$55K12
2000$26K7
2001$49K6
2002$49.5K11
2003$46.5K3
2004$65K9
2005$63.5K11
2006$82K5
2007$102K7
2008$94K3
2009$66K5
2010$80.5K4
2011$52.5K4
2012$65K1
2013$37.5K5
2014$43K3
2015$76K1

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Cedar Creek - Cottondale3131 Willow StreetCottondale2525
Cottondale Villas3111 WILLOW STCottondale2424

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$4.69KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$5.74K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$53KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$53KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-10.3%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$5.34KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$62.2KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$62.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.8%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$3.94MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+80.4%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.95MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+15.5%FY2024
Revenues per resident$4.79KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$721KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-7.1%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$4.69K
Aug 2026$4.32K
Jul 2026$4.3K
Jun 2026$4.62K
May 2026$4.91K
Apr 2026$4.12K
Mar 2026$4.35K
Feb 2026$4.42K
Jan 2026$4.32K
Dec 2025$4.35K
Nov 2025$4.42K
Oct 2025$4.21K
Sep 2025$5.33K
Aug 2025$5.09K
Jul 2025$5.01K
Jun 2025$5.36K
May 2025$5.29K
Apr 2025$4.63K
Mar 2025$4.18K
Feb 2025$5.34K
Jan 2025$4.53K
Dec 2024$4.83K
Nov 2024$4.55K
Oct 2024$4.97K
Sep 2024$5.18K
Aug 2024$4.8K
Jul 2024$5.13K
Jun 2024$5.57K
May 2024$5.19K
Apr 2024$4.75K
Mar 2024$4.3K
Feb 2024$5.07K
Jan 2024$4.46K
Dec 2023$4.65K
Nov 2023$4.94K
Oct 2023$4.72K

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$5.34K
Aug 2026$5.34K
Jul 2026$5.34K
Jun 2026$5.04K
May 2026$5.04K
Apr 2026$5.04K
Mar 2026$5.04K
Feb 2026$5.04K
Jan 2026$5.04K
Dec 2025$5.34K
Nov 2025$5.34K
Oct 2025$5.34K
Sep 2025$5.47K
Aug 2025$5.47K
Jul 2025$5.47K
Jun 2025$4.88K
May 2025$4.88K
Apr 2025$4.88K
Mar 2025$4.88K
Feb 2025$4.88K
Jan 2025$4.88K
Dec 2024$4.88K
Nov 2024$5.3K
Oct 2024$5.3K
Sep 2024$5.3K
Aug 2024$5.3K
Jul 2024$5.3K
Jun 2024$5.34K
May 2024$5.34K
Apr 2024$5.34K
Mar 2024$5.34K
Feb 2024$5.34K
Jan 2024$5.34K
Dec 2023$5.34K
Nov 2023$5.34K
Oct 2023$5.34K

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$721K-7.1%
FY2024$776K-7.0%
FY2023$835K-7.3%
FY2022$900K-6.4%
FY2021$962K-4.3%
FY2020$1M+2.6%
FY2019$980K-5.2%
FY2018$1.03M-4.7%
FY2017$1.08M-5.0%
FY2016$1.14M-4.6%
FY2015$1.2M-2.5%
FY2014$1.23M+12.7%
FY2013$1.09Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$355K$333K+6.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$85.4K$94.3K-9.4%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.74M$996K+74.7%
Charges for Services$749K$695K+7.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$13.8K$24.7K-44.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$17.4K$33.4K-47.8%
Other Sources$983K$10.1K+9595.8%
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)$221K$209K+5.9%
Public Safety$354K$339K+4.7%
Physical Environment$1.1M$1.65M-33.3%
Transportation$898K$281K+220.0%
Culture / Recreation$351K$63.4K+454.1%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$22.2K$10.1K+119.3%
Human Servicesn/a$0.1Kn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a

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