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Safety Harbor

City, Pinellas County. Population 16,808 (2025), +0.3% on the prior year, -1.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Safety Harbor

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 4.93 square miles of land.

Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 202516,808BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 202616,812Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197917.9k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Pinellas County's growth rate of 0.18% 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+0.3%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-1.5%2020 to 2025
Census 202017,0722020

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
202516,808estimate+0.3%
202416,762estimate-1.7%
202317,059estimate+0.1%
202217,039estimate-0.4%
202117,105estimate+0.2%
202017,072census-3.0%
201917,608estimate+0.8%
201817,470estimate+0.7%
201717,343estimate+0.4%
201617,269estimate+1.0%
201517,103estimate+0.5%
201417,011estimate+0.4%
201316,944estimate+0.6%
201216,851estimate-0.2%
201116,881estimate0.0%
201016,884census-4.7%
200917,708estimate-0.7%
200817,825estimate-0.1%
200717,844estimate0.0%
200617,838estimate-0.3%
200517,892estimate+0.5%
200417,800estimate+1.1%
200317,602estimate+0.7%
200217,479estimate+0.6%
200117,383estimate+1.0%
200017,203census-0.2%
199917,232estimate+0.4%
199817,157estimate+1.6%
199716,884estimate+0.8%
199616,750estimate+3.8%
199516,135estimate+1.8%
199415,855estimate+0.9%
199315,708estimate+1.8%
199215,427estimate+1.4%
199115,212estimaten/a
198914,118estimate+3.9%
198813,592estimate+5.3%
198712,914estimate+3.3%
198612,500estimate+7.7%
198511,605estimate+9.4%
198410,610estimate+16.9%
19839,073estimate+8.6%
19828,357estimate+12.5%
19817,427estimaten/a
19795,849estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Pinellas County)4.3%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201613.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Pinellas County)493,907Aug 2026
Employment (Pinellas County)472,617Aug 2026
Unemployed (Pinellas County)21,290Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.0%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 2026493,907472,61721,2904.3%
Jul 2026492,469471,03221,4374.4%
Jun 2026495,874474,58521,2894.3%
May 2026492,863472,32120,5424.2%
Apr 2026494,460473,29321,1674.3%
Mar 2026493,700473,20620,4944.2%
Feb 2026496,146473,57522,5714.5%
Jan 2026490,665467,27623,3894.8%
Dec 2025492,407471,70320,7044.2%
Nov 2025494,619471,77422,8454.6%
Sep 2025496,851476,95919,8924.0%
Aug 2025494,411474,87719,5344.0%
Jul 2025496,231477,19519,0363.8%
Jun 2025497,246478,85218,3943.7%
May 2025494,486478,19816,2883.3%
Apr 2025496,180480,34915,8313.2%
Mar 2025496,613480,69015,9233.2%
Feb 2025494,758477,90516,8533.4%
Jan 2025495,521477,70517,8163.6%
Dec 2024495,121478,74916,3723.3%
Nov 2024494,664476,36618,2983.7%
Oct 2024495,263476,50218,7613.8%
Sep 2024505,056488,43116,6253.3%
Aug 2024504,682487,12617,5563.5%
Jul 2024507,795490,10317,6923.5%
Jun 2024506,907490,55016,3573.2%
May 2024502,666488,47714,1892.8%
Apr 2024503,203489,70013,5032.7%
Mar 2024501,889487,91413,9752.8%
Feb 2024499,767484,96714,8003.0%
Jan 2024498,746483,40215,3443.1%
Dec 2023501,305487,45113,8542.8%
Nov 2023504,109489,35314,7562.9%
Oct 2023509,634494,45015,1843.0%
Sep 2023510,759495,11815,6413.1%
Aug 2023510,808494,86715,9413.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025495,393476,92818,4653.7%
2024501,314485,19116,1233.2%
2023506,573492,66113,9122.7%
2022499,930486,42213,5082.7%
2021484,866465,04419,8224.1%
2020475,250440,16635,0847.4%
2019480,051465,30714,7443.1%
2018474,759458,58616,1733.4%
2017468,051449,62118,4303.9%
2016461,095440,25020,8454.5%
2015470,140446,62923,5115.0%
2014468,887440,71828,1696.0%
2013467,321434,84032,4817.0%
2012463,302425,06838,2348.3%
2011462,460416,85345,6079.9%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$140.9M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$72.3M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$68.7M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error39.6%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$46.3M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$72.5M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error9.9%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$72.3M$68.7M$96M39.6%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$46.3M$72.5M$65.3M9.9%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 40% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses127New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses56Aug 2026
Lodging licenses17Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses54Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months8Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)334Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-7.2%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month24Sep 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: Safety Harbor, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 34695.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)5732023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)6,0702023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$402M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood53
2COPalcohol20
4COP-SFSalcohol17
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging8
2APSalcohol7
2003-NAPTlodging6
4COPalcohol4
11Calcohol2
13CTalcohol2
2001-HOTLlodging2
3PSalcohol1
4COP-Salcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1
2013-CATRfood1
2014-MFDVfood1
2002-MOTLlodging1

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: Safety Harbor)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies301314
Florida profit corporations1919
Florida non-profit corporations1116
Out of state entities registering in Florida311
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 34695: 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
346955736,070$402M

Building permits

Jun 2021
Housing units permitted, last 12 months9Housing units permitted by month, Jul 2011 to Jun 2021Jul 201147 highJun 2021
Change on the 12 months before-47.1%Jun 2021
Permit valuation, last 12 months$2.72MJun 2021
Units, latest month0Jun 2021
Single family units, last 12 months9Jun 2021
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Jun 2021
Units, latest annual table02022

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
Jun 2021000$0
May 2021000$0
Apr 2021220$636K
Mar 2021110$457K
Feb 2021000$0
Jan 2021000$0
Dec 2020220$465K
Nov 2020110$160K
Oct 2020000$0
Sep 2020000$0
Aug 2020110$650K
Jul 2020220$349K
Jun 2020110$114K
May 2020220$345K
Apr 2020110$295K
Mar 2020000$0
Feb 2020000$0
Jan 2020000$0
Dec 2019330$1.13M
Nov 2019220$519K
Oct 2019220$458K
Sep 2019110$152K
Aug 2019440$808K
Jul 2019110$141K
Jun 2019220$440K
May 2019000$0
Apr 2019000$0
Mar 2019000$0
Feb 2019000$0
Jan 2019110$308K
Dec 2018110$308K
Nov 2018550$1.46M
Oct 2018440$1.48M
Sep 2018000$0
Aug 2018000$0
Jul 2018110$464K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2022000$0
2021330$1.09M
202010100$2.38M
201916160$3.95M
201820200$8.12M
2017692445$17.7M
201631310$7.9M
201525250$5.93M
201425250$6.82M
201318110$3.14M
201234340$6.43M
2011880$1.99M
2010440$745K
2009660$1.46M
2008220$465K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$3.19B
Total taxable value (non school)$1.73B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$1.87B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-1.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+4.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$3.23B2025 final roll
New construction value$18.2M2026 preliminary
Parcels6,0632026 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; 88% 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$452K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months289Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$525KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$2.54B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$198M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$47.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$2.69M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$67.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$226M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$86.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$26M2026 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
Residential5,530$2.54B$1.44B$16.7M5,809-2.5%
Commercial142$198M$179M$576Kn/a+2.6%
Industrial54$47.2M$43.9M$0n/a+7.4%
Agricultural2$2.69M$1.66M$0n/a-25.7%
Vacant204$67.9M$39.5M$0n/a+10.5%
Institutional35$226M$25M$0n/a+13.7%
Government23$86.4M$0$967Kn/a-8.9%
Other74$26M$2.35M$0n/a+0.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units7,650Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199084.0% high2024
Occupied units6,9602020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units6902020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households5,8392020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,1212020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate83.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)22.0%2025
Cost burdened renter households32.8%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%)17.5%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units12Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.74K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$625K2024

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 less10033329
All households30.01-50% AMI187132345
All households50.01-80% AMI350185233
All households80.01-120% AMI5511510
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI4,59920027
Renters30% AMI or less450108
Renters30.01-50% AMI112885
Renters50.01-80% AMI6810245
Renters80.01-120% AMI97620
RentersGreater than 120% AMI693170
Owners30% AMI or less5533221
Owners30.01-50% AMI176104260
Owners50.01-80% AMI28283188
Owners80.01-120% AMI454890
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3,90618327

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$123K307
1997$135K317
1998$140K325
1999$154K329
2000$150K349
2001$165K313
2002$174K337
2003$194K329
2004$220K361
2005$275K313
2006$310K242
2007$280K144
2008$264K154
2009$230K138
2010$221K146
2011$225K159
2012$232K188
2013$250K252
2014$274K250
2015$270K290

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Uparc Housing V608 4TH AVE., N.Safety Harbor1412

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$103KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$141K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.26MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.26MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-7.4%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$55.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$684KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$684KSep 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$51.8MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+9.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$42.8MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+7.1%FY2024
Revenues per resident$3.09KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$8.28MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-14.8%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$103K
Aug 2026$109K
Jul 2026$107K
Jun 2026$118K
May 2026$124K
Apr 2026$103K
Mar 2026$101K
Feb 2026$112K
Jan 2026$95.3K
Dec 2025$98.4K
Nov 2025$98.4K
Oct 2025$94.2K
Sep 2025$114K
Aug 2025$112K
Jul 2025$117K
Jun 2025$123K
May 2025$135K
Apr 2025$118K
Mar 2025$106K
Feb 2025$120K
Jan 2025$113K
Dec 2024$114K
Nov 2024$90.7K
Oct 2024$103K
Sep 2024$108K
Aug 2024$113K
Jul 2024$118K
Jun 2024$122K
May 2024$135K
Apr 2024$117K
Mar 2024$108K
Feb 2024$125K
Jan 2024$110K
Dec 2023$110K
Nov 2023$112K
Oct 2023$105K

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$55.8K
Aug 2026$55.8K
Jul 2026$55.8K
Jun 2026$56.2K
May 2026$56.2K
Apr 2026$56.2K
Mar 2026$56.2K
Feb 2026$56.2K
Jan 2026$56.2K
Dec 2025$59.9K
Nov 2025$59.9K
Oct 2025$59.9K
Sep 2025$61.5K
Aug 2025$61.5K
Jul 2025$61.5K
Jun 2025$54.5K
May 2025$54.5K
Apr 2025$54.5K
Mar 2025$54.5K
Feb 2025$54.5K
Jan 2025$54.5K
Dec 2024$54.5K
Nov 2024$59.7K
Oct 2024$59.7K
Sep 2024$59.7K
Aug 2024$59.7K
Jul 2024$59.7K
Jun 2024$60.4K
May 2024$60.4K
Apr 2024$60.4K
Mar 2024$60.4K
Feb 2024$60.4K
Jan 2024$60.4K
Dec 2023$60.4K
Nov 2023$60.4K
Oct 2023$60.4K

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$8.28M-14.8%
FY2023$9.72M-11.4%
FY2022$11M-9.6%
FY2021$12.1M-11.5%
FY2020$13.7M+49.2%
FY2019$9.18M+17.6%
FY2018$7.8M-15.1%
FY2017$9.19M-12.8%
FY2016$10.5M-11.1%
FY2015$11.9M-9.7%
FY2014$13.1M-8.6%
FY2013$14.4Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$13.4M$13.1M+2.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$3.6M$3.44M+4.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$4.38M$4.13M+6.0%
Charges for Services$18.2M$17.5M+4.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$52K$100K-48.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$9.14M$2.74M+233.2%
Other Sources$3.02M$6.23M-51.6%
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)$8.61M$8.81M-2.3%
Public Safety$6.35M$6.99M-9.2%
Physical Environment$13M$11.7M+11.6%
Transportation$3.56M$1.27M+179.3%
Culture / Recreation$8.28M$6.23M+33.0%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$3.02M$5.03M-40.0%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$271MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$437M high2026
Change on a year earlier-38.0%June 30, 2026
Change, real-40.4%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 Safety Harbor.

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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
Regions BankSafety Harbor Branch601 Main StSafety Harbor$271M

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