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Grand Ridge

Town, Jackson County. Population 949 (2025), +0.7% on the prior year, +7.6% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Grand Ridge

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 4.35 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population949Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979981 high2025
Change since the prior year+0.7%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+7.6%2020 to 2025
Census 20208822020

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
2025949estimate+0.7%
2024942estimate+2.4%
2023920estimate+3.1%
2022892estimate+1.1%
2021882estimate0.0%
2020882census-2.8%
2019907estimate-7.5%
2018981estimate+2.7%
2017955estimate-0.2%
2016957estimate+2.2%
2015936estimate+1.6%
2014921estimate-2.0%
2013940estimate-0.7%
2012947estimate-0.4%
2011951estimate+6.6%
2010892census-4.1%
2009930estimate-1.1%
2008940estimate+3.0%
2007913estimate+1.6%
2006899estimate-1.2%
2005910estimate+0.9%
2004902estimate+1.5%
2003889estimate+2.3%
2002869estimate+3.0%
2001844estimate+6.6%
2000792census+8.6%
1999729estimate0.0%
1998729estimate+1.0%
1997722estimate+2.7%
1996703estimate+15.6%
1995608estimate+1.8%
1994597estimate+1.0%
1993591estimate+7.5%
1992550estimate+0.7%
1991546estimaten/a
1989645estimate-4.9%
1988678estimate+0.9%
1987672estimate+3.7%
1986648estimate+4.7%
1985619estimate-4.9%
1984651estimate+11.9%
1983582estimate-1.7%
1982592estimate-2.1%
1981605estimaten/a
1979564estimaten/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 businesses6New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses0Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses4Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)44Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-22.8%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month3Sep 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: Grand Ridge, 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
2APSalcohol3
1APSalcohol1
2003-NAPTlodging1
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging1

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: Grand Ridge)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies3848
Florida profit corporations35
Florida non-profit corporations33
Out of state entities registering in Florida01
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months9Housing units permitted by month, Oct 2024 to Aug 2026Oct 20244 highAug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$2.8MAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months9Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table32025

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$33.3K
Jul 2026330$1.09M
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026110$363K
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026220$726K
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025220$592K
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025330$889K
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025440$1.18M
Apr 2025110$296K
Mar 2025330$889K
Feb 2025220$592K
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025330$100K
2024000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$63.7M
Total taxable value (non school)$26.6M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$31.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+8.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$58.7M2025 final roll
New construction value$911K2026 preliminary
Parcels6242026 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$31.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$1.56M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$55K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$24.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$2.12M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$2.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$1.26M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$382K2026 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
Residential247$31.1M$14.9M$590K255+4.9%
Commercial6$1.56M$1.53M$8.51Kn/a+7.1%
Industrial0$55K$55K$0n/a-0.2%
Agricultural200$24.5M$7.84M$244Kn/a+14.7%
Vacant144$2.12M$1.92M$10.5Kn/a+12.9%
Institutional11$2.8M$64.1K$51.7Kn/a+1.2%
Government6$1.26M$25.4K$7.17Kn/a+0.5%
Other9$382K$312K$0n/a-3.9%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units427Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199080.0% high2024
Occupied units3552020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units722020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2762020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households792020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate77.7%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)33.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households33.9%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%)19.3%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$220K2024

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 less13527
All households30.01-50% AMI16258
All households50.01-80% AMI73215
All households80.01-120% AMI19160
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI139240
Renters30% AMI or less13013
Renters30.01-50% AMI488
Renters50.01-80% AMI2740
Renters80.01-120% AMI040
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2800
Owners30% AMI or less0514
Owners30.01-50% AMI12170
Owners50.01-80% AMI46175
Owners80.01-120% AMI19120
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI111240

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$48K3
1997$64K5
1998$50K4
1999$43.5K9
2000$42K7
2001$41.4K4
2002$61.9K4
2003$60K7
2004$25K1
2005n/an/a
2006$88K7
2007$89.4K5
2008$175K1
2009$60K3
2010$50K7
2011$60K1
2012$86.2K2
2013$184K2
2014$29.4K6
2015$76.8K4

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$5.36KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$6.09K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$60.7KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$60.7KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.7KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$44.3KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$44.3KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.0%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$2.23MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+56.5%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.78MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-5.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.37KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.12MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-18.3%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$5.36K
Aug 2026$4.94K
Jul 2026$4.92K
Jun 2026$5.28K
May 2026$5.62K
Apr 2026$4.72K
Mar 2026$4.98K
Feb 2026$5.06K
Jan 2026$4.95K
Dec 2025$4.98K
Nov 2025$5.06K
Oct 2025$4.82K
Sep 2025$5.79K
Aug 2025$5.54K
Jul 2025$5.45K
Jun 2025$5.83K
May 2025$5.75K
Apr 2025$5.04K
Mar 2025$4.54K
Feb 2025$5.81K
Jan 2025$4.93K
Dec 2024$5.25K
Nov 2024$4.94K
Oct 2024$5.4K
Sep 2024$5.42K
Aug 2024$5.03K
Jul 2024$5.37K
Jun 2024$5.83K
May 2024$5.43K
Apr 2024$4.98K
Mar 2024$4.5K
Feb 2024$5.31K
Jan 2024$4.67K
Dec 2023$4.87K
Nov 2023$5.17K
Oct 2023$4.94K

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$3.7K
Aug 2026$3.7K
Jul 2026$3.7K
Jun 2026$3.68K
May 2026$3.68K
Apr 2026$3.68K
Mar 2026$3.68K
Feb 2026$3.68K
Jan 2026$3.68K
Dec 2025$3.71K
Nov 2025$3.71K
Oct 2025$3.71K
Sep 2025$3.72K
Aug 2025$3.72K
Jul 2025$3.72K
Jun 2025$3.62K
May 2025$3.62K
Apr 2025$3.62K
Mar 2025$3.62K
Feb 2025$3.62K
Jan 2025$3.62K
Dec 2024$3.62K
Nov 2024$3.66K
Oct 2024$3.66K
Sep 2024$3.66K
Aug 2024$3.66K
Jul 2024$3.66K
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
FY2024$1.12M-18.3%
FY2023$1.37M-13.7%
FY2022$1.59M-26.9%
FY2021$2.17M-6.3%
FY2020$2.32M-35.6%
FY2019$3.6M-10.7%
FY2018$4.03M-3.7%
FY2017$4.18M+3.1%
FY2016$4.06M-3.5%
FY2015$4.21M-3.5%
FY2014$4.36M-20.7%
FY2013$5.49Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$158K$155K+2.1%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$55K$44.6K+23.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.28M$485K+164.7%
Charges for Services$602K$582K+3.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$93.6K$84.4K+10.9%
Other Sources$38.5K$75K-48.7%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeitsn/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)$337K$341K-1.4%
Public Safety$53.3K$79.9K-33.3%
Physical Environment$927K$1.03M-9.6%
Transportation$130K$107K+20.8%
Culture / Recreation$292K$246K+18.8%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$38.5K$75K-48.7%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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