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Town, Santa Rosa County. Population 612 (2025), +16.3% on the prior year, +16.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.66 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population612Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979697 high2025
Change since the prior year+16.3%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+16.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20205242020

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
2025612estimate+16.3%
2024526estimate-4.4%
2023550estimate+0.5%
2022547estimate0.0%
2021547estimate+4.4%
2020524census+0.6%
2019521estimate0.0%
2018521estimate-2.3%
2017533estimate-0.9%
2016538estimate-4.4%
2015563estimate+6.4%
2014529estimate-4.9%
2013556estimate+5.7%
2012526estimate+0.8%
2011522estimate-2.1%
2010533census-2.0%
2009544estimate+3.4%
2008526estimate-8.0%
2007572estimate+3.2%
2006554estimate+9.7%
2005505estimate-13.8%
2004586estimate+3.5%
2003566estimate-1.9%
2002577estimate+0.5%
2001574estimate-0.9%
2000579census-16.3%
1999692estimate+3.0%
1998672estimate0.0%
1997672estimate-1.6%
1996683estimate-0.9%
1995689estimate+0.9%
1994683estimate+2.1%
1993669estimate-3.3%
1992692estimate+3.6%
1991668estimaten/a
1989636estimate+0.8%
1988631estimate-2.3%
1987646estimate+2.1%
1986633estimate-4.7%
1985664estimate+6.4%
1984624estimate-10.5%
1983697estimate+9.8%
1982635estimate+0.3%
1981633estimaten/a
1979591estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Santa Rosa County)4.8%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.5% highAug 2026
Labor force (Santa Rosa County)91,775Aug 2026
Employment (Santa Rosa County)87,379Aug 2026
Unemployed (Santa Rosa County)4,396Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.6%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 202691,77587,3794,3964.8%
Jul 202692,07387,4884,5855.0%
Jun 202692,26887,8254,4434.8%
May 202691,67387,4714,2024.6%
Apr 202691,80087,4694,3314.7%
Mar 202691,55087,3234,2274.6%
Feb 202691,75987,1124,6475.1%
Jan 202691,08686,2964,7905.3%
Dec 202590,90386,5804,3234.8%
Nov 202591,79287,0014,7915.2%
Sep 202592,52788,5573,9704.3%
Aug 202592,28988,2784,0114.3%
Jul 202592,76888,8243,9444.3%
Jun 202592,11088,3713,7394.1%
May 202591,64888,3583,2903.6%
Apr 202591,35988,2593,1003.4%
Mar 202591,32188,0993,2223.5%
Feb 202590,40887,1413,2673.6%
Jan 202590,61387,2583,3553.7%
Dec 202489,75686,8062,9503.3%
Nov 202490,24986,9393,3103.7%
Oct 202491,88488,6583,2263.5%
Sep 202491,89388,6853,2083.5%
Aug 202492,22288,7533,4693.8%
Jul 202492,83089,2963,5343.8%
Jun 202492,06488,7213,3433.6%
May 202491,08088,3192,7613.0%
Apr 202491,09088,5442,5462.8%
Mar 202491,02988,1892,8403.1%
Feb 202490,04087,1532,8873.2%
Jan 202489,91986,9722,9473.3%
Dec 202389,41086,8242,5862.9%
Nov 202390,30887,5482,7603.1%
Oct 202391,53688,6592,8773.1%
Sep 202392,14789,3512,7963.0%
Aug 202392,21089,2522,9583.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202591,61287,8843,7284.1%
202491,17188,0863,0853.4%
202390,63088,0162,6142.9%
202287,99085,5412,4492.8%
202184,73981,6503,0893.6%
202081,72577,2714,4545.4%
201982,05479,5482,5063.1%
201879,70676,9712,7353.4%
201777,31374,2373,0764.0%
201675,04371,6113,4324.6%
201573,88070,2743,6064.9%
201472,67768,5384,1395.7%
201372,59067,7264,8646.7%
201272,06766,4435,6247.8%
201172,41366,0686,3458.8%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses14New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses6Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses6Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)111Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-4.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month8Sep 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: Jay, 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
2APSalcohol5
2010-SEATfood4
2010-NOSTfood2
2COPalcohol1
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: Jay)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies105106
Florida profit corporations35
Florida non-profit corporations35
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$124M
Total taxable value (non school)$52.5M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$62.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+10.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$121M2025 final roll
New construction value$2.11M2026 preliminary
Parcels7482026 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; 73% 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$51.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$7.61M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$5.89M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$47.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$3.48M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$3.13M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$3.01M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$2.19M2026 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
Residential314$51.9M$29.7M$1.27M331+3.2%
Commercial34$7.61M$6.25M$18.3Kn/a+0.8%
Industrial12$5.89M$4.73M$0n/a-0.8%
Agricultural217$47.3M$7.75M$624Kn/a+2.9%
Vacant142$3.48M$2.52M$2.06Kn/a+8.9%
Institutional9$3.13M$133K$0n/a-0.3%
Government10$3.01M$0$0n/a-0.3%
Other11$2.19M$1.44M$199Kn/a+14.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units366Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199072.0% high2024
Occupied units3012020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units652020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1152020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1862020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate38.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)24.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households25.2%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%)17.9%2025
Median gross rent$1.12K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$198K2024

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 less3441
All households30.01-50% AMI4660
All households50.01-80% AMI39110
All households80.01-120% AMI3400
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI6700
Renters30% AMI or less3022
Renters30.01-50% AMI3460
Renters50.01-80% AMI1430
Renters80.01-120% AMI1500
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2600
Owners30% AMI or less0419
Owners30.01-50% AMI1200
Owners50.01-80% AMI2580
Owners80.01-120% AMI1900
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI4100

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$43.8K2
1997$46.5K6
1998$47.5K1
1999$33.5K10
2000$49K3
2001n/an/a
2002$57.3K2
2003$53.5K8
2004$49.4K4
2005$65K9
2006$93.5K10
2007$63.5K3
2008$48.6K4
2009$85K2
2010$80K1
2011$25K3
2012$52.5K2
2013$73.5K2
2014$54.9K5
2015$38K8

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$3.08KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$3.53K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$31KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$31KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-9.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$2.59KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$31.2KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$31.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.1%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$2.88MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+18.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.87MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+9.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.47KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$749KFY2025

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$3.08K
Aug 2026$2.92K
Jul 2026$2.69K
Jun 2026$2.78K
May 2026$2.91K
Apr 2026$2.33K
Mar 2026$2.23K
Feb 2026$2.54K
Jan 2026$2.16K
Dec 2025$2.41K
Nov 2025$2.54K
Oct 2025$2.37K
Sep 2025$3.38K
Aug 2025$3.37K
Jul 2025$3.01K
Jun 2025$3.15K
May 2025$3.04K
Apr 2025$2.71K
Mar 2025$2.3K
Feb 2025$2.52K
Jan 2025$2.57K
Dec 2024$2.73K
Nov 2024$2.67K
Oct 2024$2.82K
Sep 2024$3.07K
Aug 2024$3.39K
Jul 2024$3.05K
Jun 2024$3K
May 2024$3.2K
Apr 2024$2.69K
Mar 2024$2.45K
Feb 2024$2.91K
Jan 2024$2.57K
Dec 2023$2.81K
Nov 2023$2.92K
Oct 2023$2.86K

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$2.59K
Aug 2026$2.59K
Jul 2026$2.59K
Jun 2026$2.59K
May 2026$2.59K
Apr 2026$2.59K
Mar 2026$2.59K
Feb 2026$2.59K
Jan 2026$2.59K
Dec 2025$2.61K
Nov 2025$2.61K
Oct 2025$2.61K
Sep 2025$2.62K
Aug 2025$2.62K
Jul 2025$2.62K
Jun 2025$2.58K
May 2025$2.58K
Apr 2025$2.58K
Mar 2025$2.58K
Feb 2025$2.58K
Jan 2025$2.58K
Dec 2024$2.58K
Nov 2024$2.6K
Oct 2024$2.6K
Sep 2024$2.6K
Aug 2024$2.6K
Jul 2024$2.6K
Jun 2024$2.61K
May 2024$2.61K
Apr 2024$2.61K
Mar 2024$2.61K
Feb 2024$2.61K
Jan 2024$2.61K
Dec 2023$2.61K
Nov 2023$2.61K
Oct 2023$2.61K

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$749Kn/a
FY2024$0-100.0%
FY2023$786K-2.2%
FY2022$803K+274.6%
FY2021$214K+3361.1%
FY2020$6.2K-1.3%
FY2019$6.28K-57.1%
FY2018$14.6K-97.2%
FY2017$521K+456.2%
FY2016$93.6K+0.7%
FY2015$93K-22.9%
FY2014$121K-18.5%
FY2013$148Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$426K$400K+6.5%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$63.8K$62.9K+1.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.23M$843K+45.9%
Charges for Services$1.01M$1.02M-1.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$128K$77.9K+64.6%
Other Sources$22.4K$20K+12.4%
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)$1.71M$1.4M+22.4%
Physical Environment$1.14M$1.19M-4.0%
Transportation$18.1K$33.7K-46.3%
Culture / Recreation$1.8K$0.0K+6339.3%
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Public Safetyn/an/an/a
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$62.8MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$73.6M high2026
Change on a year earlier-1.4%June 30, 2026
Change, real-4.4%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 Jay.

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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
United BankJay Fl Branch14038 Alabama StJay$62.8M

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