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DeFuniak Springs

City, Walton County. Population 6,180 (2025), -0.6% on the prior year, +4.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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DeFuniak Springs

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 14.21 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population6,180Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519796.2k high2025
Change since the prior year-0.6%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+4.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20205,9192020

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
20256,180estimate-0.6%
20246,216estimate+0.9%
20236,158estimate+3.6%
20225,945estimate+0.1%
20215,940estimate+0.4%
20205,919census+5.2%
20195,629estimate+2.7%
20185,481estimate+0.2%
20175,471estimate-0.1%
20165,476estimate+0.9%
20155,429estimate+0.8%
20145,387estimate+0.9%
20135,341estimate+0.8%
20125,298estimate+2.9%
20115,149estimate-0.5%
20105,177census+0.9%
20095,131estimate-0.8%
20085,171estimate-2.2%
20075,288estimate-1.8%
20065,387estimate-0.1%
20055,392estimate+3.6%
20045,207estimate+0.7%
20035,172estimate+0.1%
20025,168estimate+1.4%
20015,097estimate+0.2%
20005,089census-7.7%
19995,514estimate-1.5%
19985,598estimate+2.4%
19975,466estimate-0.8%
19965,511estimate+2.4%
19955,384estimate+1.5%
19945,307estimate+0.9%
19935,259estimate+3.5%
19925,082estimate-0.3%
19915,098estimaten/a
19895,806estimate-0.5%
19885,834estimate-1.8%
19875,938estimate+1.3%
19865,860estimate-0.2%
19855,872estimate+3.9%
19845,653estimate+2.0%
19835,543estimate-0.9%
19825,592estimate-0.8%
19815,636estimaten/a
19795,070estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Walton County)4.3%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Walton County)42,757Aug 2026
Employment (Walton County)40,935Aug 2026
Unemployed (Walton County)1,822Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.0%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.2%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 202642,75740,9351,8224.3%
Jul 202642,67640,8281,8484.3%
Jun 202642,77240,9661,8064.2%
May 202642,43940,6841,7554.1%
Apr 202642,22440,4181,8064.3%
Mar 202642,05140,2991,7524.2%
Feb 202641,55839,6221,9364.7%
Jan 202641,14639,1471,9994.9%
Dec 202541,27139,5041,7674.3%
Nov 202541,61939,6611,9584.7%
Sep 202542,29040,5811,7094.0%
Aug 202542,85441,1561,6984.0%
Jul 202543,26341,6551,6083.7%
Jun 202542,87441,3721,5023.5%
May 202542,32040,9751,3453.2%
Apr 202541,94340,6551,2883.1%
Mar 202541,84040,5231,3173.1%
Feb 202540,91339,5581,3553.3%
Jan 202540,91439,5171,3973.4%
Dec 202440,79739,6181,1792.9%
Nov 202441,07739,7351,3423.3%
Oct 202442,21640,9141,3023.1%
Sep 202442,32141,0431,2783.0%
Aug 202442,85341,4701,3833.2%
Jul 202443,48342,0671,4163.3%
Jun 202442,89441,5671,3273.1%
May 202442,37141,2411,1302.7%
Apr 202441,88940,8261,0632.5%
Mar 202441,83640,6771,1592.8%
Feb 202440,77839,6041,1742.9%
Jan 202440,55239,3371,2153.0%
Dec 202339,53238,4991,0332.6%
Nov 202340,00638,8861,1202.8%
Oct 202340,72839,5671,1612.9%
Sep 202341,13339,9531,1802.9%
Aug 202341,57740,3841,1932.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202542,00940,4691,5403.7%
202441,92240,6751,2473.0%
202340,66939,6191,0502.6%
202239,10238,1369662.5%
202137,25135,9881,2633.4%
202034,51632,5681,9485.6%
201934,18033,2589222.7%
201832,92631,9499773.0%
201731,90230,8051,0973.4%
201631,04429,8031,2414.0%
201527,81226,4921,3204.7%
201427,18225,6821,5005.5%
201326,80125,0891,7126.4%
201226,05524,0891,9667.5%
201126,19823,9302,2688.7%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$448.2M

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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$256M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$431M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error0.3%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$26.3M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$40M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing errorn/a2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$256M$431M$429M0.3%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$26.3M$40Mn/an/a
  • no commercial inventory of the sector's kinds on the roll in this place at the anchor year: the anchor share is carried

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses107New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses56Aug 2026
Lodging licenses18Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses33Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months16Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)446Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+12.1%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month31Sep 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: Defuniak Springs, 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
2010-SEATfood34
2014-MFDVfood19
2APSalcohol15
2COPalcohol7
2003-NAPTlodging7
2002-MOTLlodging6
5COP-SFSalcohol5
2010-NOSTfood2
2001-HOTLlodging2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging2
11Calcohol1
11PAalcohol1
1COPalcohol1
5COPalcohol1
5COP-Salcohol1
5COP-SCCalcohol1
2013-CATRfood1
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging1

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: Defuniak Springs)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies418368
Florida profit corporations1813
Florida non-profit corporations817
Out of state entities registering in Florida20
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Nov 2012
Housing units permitted, last 12 months5Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2002 to Nov 2012Dec 200280 highNov 2012
Change on the 12 months before+150.0%Nov 2012
Permit valuation, last 12 months$732KNov 2012
Units, latest month0Nov 2012
Single family units, last 12 months5Nov 2012
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Nov 2012
Units, latest annual table02013

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
Nov 2012000$0
Oct 2012000$0
Sep 2012110$90K
Aug 2012110$143K
Jul 2012000$0
Jun 2012000$0
May 2012000$0
Apr 2012220$299K
Mar 2012000$0
Feb 2012000$0
Jan 2012000$0
Dec 2011110$200K
Nov 2011000$0
Oct 2011000$0
Sep 2011000$0
Aug 2011000$0
Jul 2011000$0
Jun 2011000$0
May 2011220$222K
Apr 2011000$0
Mar 2011000$0
Feb 2011000$0
Jan 2011000$0
Dec 2010000$0
Nov 2010000$0
Oct 2010220$213K
Sep 2010110$50K
Aug 2010000$0
Jul 201080080$7.16M
Jun 2010000$0
May 2010110$129K
Apr 2010000$0
Mar 2010220$242K
Feb 2010110$130K
Jan 2010110$210K
Dec 2009000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2013000$0
2012440$532K
2011330$422K
201088880$8.14M
2009880$781K
200811110$1.22M
200720200$2.1M
200615150$2.46M
2005352510$3.49M
200419190$1.72M
2003880$778K
200216140$973K
200123230$1.51M
200021180$1.62M
199923230$2.07M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$772M
Total taxable value (non school)$355M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$437M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+6.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.6%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$722M2025 final roll
New construction value$10.8M2026 preliminary
Parcels3,9762026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 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; 22% 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$138K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months90Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$225KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$356M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$97.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$16.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$34.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$37.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$39.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$175M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$14.1M2026 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
Residential2,219$356M$221M$4.37M2,544+2.1%
Commercial221$97.8M$79.6M$1.42Mn/a+4.0%
Industrial29$16.8M$12.9M$1.01Mn/a+2.6%
Agricultural133$34.8M$6.99M$281Kn/a+3.7%
Vacant1,081$37.8M$24.2M$12.2Kn/a+10.4%
Institutional74$39.3M$4.73M$36.4Kn/a+36.5%
Government170$175M$1.04M$3.72Mn/a+10.8%
Other50$14.1M$4.61M$3.63Kn/a+67.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,624Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199068.0% high2024
Occupied units2,3712020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2532020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,4832020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households8882020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate62.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)26.4%2025
Cost burdened renter households35.8%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%)14.7%2025
Assisted housing developments8Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units407Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.02K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$240K2024

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 less108149137
All households30.01-50% AMI7717680
All households50.01-80% AMI493457
All households80.01-120% AMI117178
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI967120
Renters30% AMI or less8711287
Renters30.01-50% AMI2710780
Renters50.01-80% AMI287200
Renters80.01-120% AMI2700
RentersGreater than 120% AMI29900
Owners30% AMI or less213750
Owners30.01-50% AMI50690
Owners50.01-80% AMI206257
Owners80.01-120% AMI90178
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI668120

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$40K55
1997$46K71
1998$45K68
1999$55.7K76
2000$52K54
2001$57K81
2002$67.8K72
2003$66.2K86
2004$70.9K103
2005$99.9K143
2006$125K75
2007$118K72
2008$125K39
2009$115K33
2010$100K38
2011$71.8K28
2012$75K32
2013$60K43
2014$90K37
2015$116K72

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Arbours at Emerald SpringsSouth 20th Street and Wabash AvenueDeFuniak Springs8484
Arbours At Shoemaker Place214 Shoemaker DriveDeFuniak Springs8080
Heritage Apartments315 S 19th StreetDeFuniak Springs5050
Alpine Heights And Highland Terrace412 S 2nd StDeFuniak Springs5050
Oakdale Garden Apartments226 N First StreetDeFuniak Springs4848
Village Springs171 W Orange AvenueDeFuniak Springs3939
Quail Run Apts513 SOUTH 19TH STREETDeFuniak Springs3232
Woodridge - Defuniak Springs195 Bob Sikes RoadDeFuniak Springs2424

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$172KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$207K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.38MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.38MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$38.1KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$468KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$468KSep 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$36.3MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+1.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$32.2MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+1.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.83KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$12.1MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-6.2%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$172K
Aug 2026$180K
Jul 2026$158K
Jun 2026$138K
May 2026$138K
Apr 2026$89.3K
Mar 2026$79K
Feb 2026$70.1K
Jan 2026$64.5K
Dec 2025$94.7K
Nov 2025$95.8K
Oct 2025$105K
Sep 2025$185K
Aug 2025$189K
Jul 2025$158K
Jun 2025$143K
May 2025$136K
Apr 2025$91.2K
Mar 2025$62.2K
Feb 2025$80.5K
Jan 2025$72.2K
Dec 2024$102K
Nov 2024$98.5K
Oct 2024$119K
Sep 2024$170K
Aug 2024$207K
Jul 2024$153K
Jun 2024$126K
May 2024$150K
Apr 2024$89.3K
Mar 2024$74.4K
Feb 2024$76.4K
Jan 2024$64.1K
Dec 2023$89.7K
Nov 2023$107K
Oct 2023$117K

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$38.1K
Aug 2026$38.1K
Jul 2026$38.1K
Jun 2026$38.4K
May 2026$38.4K
Apr 2026$38.4K
Mar 2026$38.4K
Feb 2026$38.4K
Jan 2026$38.4K
Dec 2025$40.9K
Nov 2025$40.9K
Oct 2025$40.9K
Sep 2025$42K
Aug 2025$42K
Jul 2025$42K
Jun 2025$37K
May 2025$37K
Apr 2025$37K
Mar 2025$37K
Feb 2025$37K
Jan 2025$37K
Dec 2024$37K
Nov 2024$40.6K
Oct 2024$40.6K
Sep 2024$40.6K
Aug 2024$40.6K
Jul 2024$40.6K
Jun 2024$42.1K
May 2024$42.1K
Apr 2024$42.1K
Mar 2024$42.1K
Feb 2024$42.1K
Jan 2024$42.1K
Dec 2023$42.1K
Nov 2023$42.1K
Oct 2023$42.1K

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$12.1M-6.2%
FY2024$12.9M-5.2%
FY2023$13.6M-16.3%
FY2022$16.3M+15.6%
FY2021$14.1M+11.1%
FY2020$12.7M-0.8%
FY2019$12.8M-6.4%
FY2018$13.6M-5.4%
FY2017$14.4M-0.9%
FY2016$14.6M-9.0%
FY2015$16M0.0%
FY2014$16M+4.9%
FY2013$15.3Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$7.17M$6.64M+8.0%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$362K$37.9K+855.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$6.8M$8.18M-16.9%
Charges for Services$13M$11.6M+12.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$29.9K$26.6K+12.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$1M$570K+75.4%
Other Sources$7.85M$8.56M-8.3%
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)$4.06M$3.26M+24.5%
Public Safety$5.39M$4.87M+10.8%
Physical Environment$11.1M$8M+39.0%
Transportation$2.59M$5.57M-53.6%
Culture / Recreation$1.49M$1.52M-1.7%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$7.59M$8.65M-12.2%
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$348MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$356M high2026
Change on a year earlier-2.4%June 30, 2026
Change, real-5.4%June 30, 2026
Branches7June 30, 2026
Institutions7June 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 DeFuniak Springs.

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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 BankDefuniak Springs Branch261 Us Highway 90 WDeFuniak Springs$77.4M
Trustmark BankDefuniak Springs Branch993 US Highway 31 SouthDeFuniak Springs$64.9M
Ameris BankDefuniak Springs Branch138 Us Highway 90 EDeFuniak Springs$58.7M
Truist BankDefuniak Springs Branch1104 Us Highway 331 SDeFuniak Springs$57M
FNBT BANKDefuniak Springs Branch11 State Highway 83DeFuniak Springs$56.5M
CCB Community BankDefuniak Springs Branch732 Baldwin Ave, Ste BDeFuniak Springs$20.2M
PNB Community BankDefuniak Springs Branch1452 Us Highway 331 SDeFuniak Springs$13.3M

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