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Lake Hamilton

Town, Polk County. Population 3,139 (2025), +84.4% on the prior year, +104.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Lake Hamilton

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 3.12 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population3,139Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519793.1k high2025
Change since the prior year+84.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+104.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20201,5372020

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
20253,139estimate+84.4%
20241,702estimate+8.3%
20231,571estimate+0.7%
20221,560estimate-0.5%
20211,568estimate+2.0%
20201,537census+7.5%
20191,430estimate+3.6%
20181,380estimate+3.4%
20171,334estimate+1.4%
20161,315estimate+3.5%
20151,271estimate-0.3%
20141,275estimate+1.0%
20131,262estimate+0.7%
20121,253estimate+0.8%
20111,243estimate+1.0%
20101,231census-11.4%
20091,389estimate-1.4%
20081,409estimate+0.3%
20071,405estimate-0.3%
20061,409estimate+0.3%
20051,405estimate+1.9%
20041,379estimate+1.5%
20031,358estimate+1.6%
20021,336estimate+2.1%
20011,309estimate+0.4%
20001,304census+12.9%
19991,155estimate+1.0%
19981,144estimate-0.2%
19971,146estimate+0.8%
19961,137estimate+1.4%
19951,121estimate+0.9%
19941,111estimate-0.2%
19931,113estimate-0.4%
19921,118estimate-0.9%
19911,128estimaten/a
19891,562estimate+1.1%
19881,545estimate-1.3%
19871,566estimate+3.2%
19861,518estimate-0.3%
19851,522estimate-0.3%
19841,527estimate-0.3%
19831,531estimate+0.3%
19821,526estimate-1.7%
19811,552estimaten/a
19791,311estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Polk County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201617.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Polk County)364,197Aug 2026
Employment (Polk County)343,756Aug 2026
Unemployed (Polk County)20,441Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.8%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 2026364,197343,75620,4415.6%
Jul 2026362,522341,41321,1095.8%
Jun 2026364,274343,47820,7965.7%
May 2026363,558343,57619,9825.5%
Apr 2026364,145343,85420,2915.6%
Mar 2026362,888343,28519,6035.4%
Feb 2026363,155342,11021,0455.8%
Jan 2026361,659339,79521,8646.0%
Dec 2025363,620343,70019,9205.5%
Nov 2025364,310342,70521,6055.9%
Sep 2025364,322345,52918,7935.2%
Aug 2025361,457342,33819,1195.3%
Jul 2025360,017341,49518,5225.1%
Jun 2025360,223342,53717,6864.9%
May 2025358,677342,94815,7294.4%
Apr 2025359,401344,73714,6644.1%
Mar 2025359,494344,32715,1674.2%
Feb 2025357,482342,30215,1804.2%
Jan 2025358,495342,73315,7624.4%
Dec 2024358,224344,05314,1714.0%
Nov 2024358,198342,42315,7754.4%
Oct 2024358,684343,09615,5884.3%
Sep 2024361,678345,66716,0114.4%
Aug 2024360,421342,88917,5324.9%
Jul 2024359,181341,85317,3284.8%
Jun 2024358,500342,03216,4684.6%
May 2024355,735341,95413,7813.9%
Apr 2024355,965343,23312,7323.6%
Mar 2024357,145343,50913,6363.8%
Feb 2024355,198341,45213,7463.9%
Jan 2024355,708341,35814,3504.0%
Dec 2023354,901341,89913,0023.7%
Nov 2023356,901343,19413,7073.8%
Oct 2023357,867343,56214,3054.0%
Sep 2023359,253345,17714,0763.9%
Aug 2023357,640342,62115,0194.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025360,682343,21417,4684.8%
2024357,886342,79315,0934.2%
2023354,607341,61112,9963.7%
2022345,008332,65612,3523.6%
2021335,175317,18617,9895.4%
2020324,916294,93729,9799.2%
2019312,351300,85811,4933.7%
2018304,709292,29412,4154.1%
2017299,416285,42013,9964.7%
2016294,128278,23215,8965.4%
2015279,675261,82217,8536.4%
2014276,988256,26120,7277.5%
2013277,216253,37323,8438.6%
2012275,040247,66427,37610.0%
2011276,095244,51331,58211.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses23New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20168 highAug 2026
Food service licenses14Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses8Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months3Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)45Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+66.7%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month3Sep 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: Lake Hamilton, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 33851.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)452023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)3282023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$15M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood11
2APSalcohol4
4COPalcohol2
2014-MFDVfood2
2COPalcohol1
3PSalcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1
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: Lake Hamilton)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies4222
Florida profit corporations15
Florida non-profit corporations10
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 33851: 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
3385145328$15M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months276Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200970 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-41.5%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$98.1MAug 2026
Units, latest month40Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months272Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table4822025

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 202640400$15.8M
Jul 202613130$5.69M
Jun 2026880$3.42M
May 202624240$9.51M
Apr 202616160$6.45M
Mar 2026880$3.16M
Feb 202633330$5.63M
Jan 202633330$12.7M
Dec 202523190$8.16M
Nov 202531310$12.7M
Oct 202523230$7.34M
Sep 202524240$7.7M
Aug 202531310$14.2M
Jul 202520200$7.88M
Jun 202564640$26.3M
May 202565610$20.9M
Apr 202556560$25.6M
Mar 2025880$3.19M
Feb 202570700$28.1M
Jan 202567670$26.3M
Dec 202438380$16M
Nov 202413130$5.77M
Oct 202418180$5.75M
Sep 202422220$6.35M
Aug 202425250$8.2M
Jul 202438380$13.1M
Jun 202431310$8.66M
May 202458580$25.4M
Apr 202457570$24.7M
Mar 202420200$5.6M
Feb 202416160$6.23M
Jan 202414140$4.48M
Dec 2023550$402K
Nov 202311110$450K
Oct 202329290$14.5M
Sep 202334340$10.1M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20254824740$188M
20243503500$130M
20231871870$60.4M
2022990$2.62M
202122220$7.51M
2020220$528K
201921210$4.83M
201821210$4.83M
201717170$4.44M
2016880$1.9M
2015770$1.66M
2014550$1.02M
2013440$991K
2012440$999K
2011220$389K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$311M
Total taxable value (non school)$199M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$224M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+11.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+15.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$280M2025 final roll
New construction value$26M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,7872026 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; 59% 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$225K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months102Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$296KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$231M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$7.41M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$21.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$19.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$21.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$2.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$3.82M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$2.93M2026 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
Residential1,139$231M$150M$24.4M1,121+16.6%
Commercial19$7.41M$6.67M$296Kn/a+1.5%
Industrial11$21.9M$18M$1.32Mn/a+12.0%
Agricultural50$19.6M$2.32M$4.74Kn/a+4.9%
Vacant499$21.8M$20.4M$0n/a-17.0%
Institutional6$2.9M$10K$0n/a-3.1%
Government32$3.82M$2.18K$0n/a-0.7%
Other29$2.93M$2.43M$0n/a+6.3%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units632Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199079.0% high2024
Occupied units5102020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1222020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4042020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1062020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate79.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)40.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households50.8%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%)24.8%2025
Median gross rent$1.18K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$330K2024

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 less372295
All households30.01-50% AMI96975
All households50.01-80% AMI1279374
All households80.01-120% AMI7609
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI41290
Renters30% AMI or less3700
Renters30.01-50% AMI02610
Renters50.01-80% AMI103952
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI7600
Owners30% AMI or less02295
Owners30.01-50% AMI94365
Owners50.01-80% AMI1175422
Owners80.01-120% AMI7609
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI33690

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$63K17
1997$56K21
1998$65.5K13
1999$51.5K13
2000$83.8K12
2001$65K32
2002$55K21
2003$106K19
2004$93K21
2005$135K41
2006$135K31
2007$163K15
2008$132K7
2009$174K9
2010$84K12
2011$50.5K14
2012$68K19
2013$60K21
2014$120K13
2015$172K21

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$10KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$12.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$120KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$120KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+0.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$8.98KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$72.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$72.5KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+22.3%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$16.5MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+11.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$10.8MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+103.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$9.72KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$8MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before+42.1%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$10K
Aug 2026$9.84K
Jul 2026$9.82K
Jun 2026$10.4K
May 2026$11K
Apr 2026$10.2K
Mar 2026$9.8K
Feb 2026$10.8K
Jan 2026$9.37K
Dec 2025$9.94K
Nov 2025$9.58K
Oct 2025$9.33K
Sep 2025$10.1K
Aug 2025$9.76K
Jul 2025$10.2K
Jun 2025$10.7K
May 2025$11.1K
Apr 2025$10.6K
Mar 2025$9.62K
Feb 2025$10.5K
Jan 2025$9.65K
Dec 2024$9.72K
Nov 2024$8.82K
Oct 2024$9.06K
Sep 2024$10.1K
Aug 2024$9.85K
Jul 2024$10.3K
Jun 2024$10.8K
May 2024$11.4K
Apr 2024$11K
Mar 2024$10.1K
Feb 2024$11.1K
Jan 2024$10K
Dec 2023$10.3K
Nov 2023$10K
Oct 2023$10.4K

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$8.98K
Aug 2026$8.98K
Jul 2026$8.98K
Jun 2026$4.95K
May 2026$4.95K
Apr 2026$4.95K
Mar 2026$4.95K
Feb 2026$4.95K
Jan 2026$4.95K
Dec 2025$5.28K
Nov 2025$5.28K
Oct 2025$5.28K
Sep 2025$5.43K
Aug 2025$5.43K
Jul 2025$5.43K
Jun 2025$4.68K
May 2025$4.68K
Apr 2025$4.68K
Mar 2025$4.68K
Feb 2025$4.68K
Jan 2025$4.68K
Dec 2024$4.68K
Nov 2024$5.13K
Oct 2024$5.13K
Sep 2024$5.13K
Aug 2024$5.13K
Jul 2024$5.13K
Jun 2024$5.28K
May 2024$5.28K
Apr 2024$5.28K
Mar 2024$5.28K
Feb 2024$5.28K
Jan 2024$5.28K
Dec 2023$5.28K
Nov 2023$5.28K
Oct 2023$5.28K

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$8M+42.1%
FY2023$5.63M+15.9%
FY2022$4.86M-3.6%
FY2021$5.04M+28.6%
FY2020$3.92M+28.4%
FY2019$3.05M+26.1%
FY2018$2.42M-8.2%
FY2017$2.64M+4.6%
FY2016$2.52M-3.2%
FY2015$2.61M-1.3%
FY2014$2.64M-1.6%
FY2013$2.68Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$1.54M$1.43M+8.1%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$8.98M$6.41M+40.1%
Intergovernmental Revenues$2.33M$5.23M-55.4%
Charges for Services$3.33M$1.61M+106.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$70.1K$27.1K+158.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$288K$123K+134.5%
Other Sourcesn/a$36.3Kn/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)$5.2M$2.5M+107.9%
Public Safety$1.64M$1.16M+42.3%
Physical Environment$1.86M$1.22M+52.5%
Transportation$1.97M$194K+912.4%
Culture / Recreation$140K$244K-42.7%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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