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Auburndale

City, Polk County. Population 21,677 (2025), +7.4% on the prior year, +38.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 202521,677BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 202622,212Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197921.7k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Polk County's growth rate of 2.03% 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+7.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+38.8%2020 to 2025
Census 202015,6162020

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
202521,677estimate+7.4%
202420,186estimate+4.6%
202319,298estimate+10.6%
202217,453estimate+5.5%
202116,539estimate+5.9%
202015,616census-5.6%
201916,534estimate+1.8%
201816,246estimate+1.5%
201715,999estimate+3.6%
201615,450estimate+4.2%
201514,832estimate+4.0%
201414,262estimate+1.8%
201314,009estimate+1.6%
201213,792estimate+1.5%
201113,593estimate+0.6%
201013,507census-3.7%
200914,033estimate-0.6%
200814,121estimate+1.7%
200713,883estimate+11.0%
200612,512estimate+4.5%
200511,975estimate+0.4%
200411,928estimate+6.5%
200311,203estimate+0.3%
200211,167estimate+0.8%
200111,079estimate+0.4%
200011,032census+14.2%
19999,663estimate+2.1%
19989,460estimate+0.9%
19979,378estimate+0.6%
19969,323estimate+0.6%
19959,267estimate+1.5%
19949,132estimate+0.8%
19939,063estimate+0.3%
19929,039estimate+1.8%
19918,878estimaten/a
19898,286estimate+2.9%
19888,055estimate+2.9%
19877,830estimate+2.4%
19867,643estimate+1.8%
19857,509estimate+2.3%
19847,339estimate+0.7%
19837,286estimate+0.4%
19827,255estimate+5.1%
19816,905estimaten/a
19796,157estimaten/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%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$582.2M

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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$377M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$505M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error12.3%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$34.6M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$45.7M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error14.2%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$377M$505M$567M12.3%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$34.6M$45.7M$52.2M14.2%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses142New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20165 highAug 2026
Food service licenses72Aug 2026
Lodging licenses26Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses44Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months13Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)687Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+7.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month44Sep 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: Auburndale, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 33823.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)6472023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)10,1152023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$464M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood44
2APSalcohol21
2003-NAPTlodging14
2010-NOSTfood13
2014-MFDVfood13
3PSalcohol8
2COPalcohol7
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging7
4COP-SFSalcohol6
2002-MOTLlodging2
1COPalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
2013-CATRfood1
2015-VENDfood1
2001-HOTLlodging1
2003-TAPTlodging1
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging1

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: Auburndale)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies613567
Florida profit corporations4544
Florida non-profit corporations2522
Out of state entities registering in Florida45
Partnerships, trusts and other filings01

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 33823: 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
3382364710,115$464M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months291Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 2016262 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+76.4%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$39.1MAug 2026
Units, latest month32Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months291Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table1952025

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 202632320$643K
Jul 202623230$4.45M
Jun 202632320$5.77M
May 202621210$3.52M
Apr 202630300$4.85M
Mar 202628280$5.62M
Feb 202621210$4.01M
Jan 202621210$3.5M
Dec 202515150$3.5M
Nov 202524240$2.4M
Oct 202525250$575K
Sep 202519190$279K
Aug 202521210$5.93M
Jul 202521210$11M
Jun 202514140$6.88M
May 202510100$4.22M
Apr 202513130$5.52M
Mar 202519190$8.84M
Feb 2025550$2.67M
Jan 2025990$4.05M
Dec 202410100$4.24M
Nov 202421210$9.59M
Oct 202413130$5.62M
Sep 2024990$4.49M
Aug 202414140$6.57M
Jul 2024550$2.4M
Jun 202422220$10.7M
May 202474740$23.6M
Apr 202451510$22.2M
Mar 202421210$9.08M
Feb 202436360$13.6M
Jan 202445450$17M
Dec 202324240$8.71M
Nov 202328280$10.6M
Oct 2023860$3.65M
Sep 202311110$4.62M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20251951950$55.9M
20243213210$129M
20232202180$89.5M
20225675670$218M
20214824790$160M
2020646406240$79.1M
20192412410$46.7M
20181101100$18.7M
201741410$9.21M
20161571570$27.5M
20151141140$23.2M
20141121120$22.6M
201354540$10.6M
201272720$13.8M
201139390$7.99M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$2.72B
Total taxable value (non school)$1.76B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$2.02B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$2.62B2025 final roll
New construction value$84.3M2026 preliminary
Parcels10,0122026 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; 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$254K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months518Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$324KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$1.96B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$190M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$325M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$40.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$79.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$33.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$78M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$12M2026 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
Residential7,667$1.96B$1.23B$59.9M8,262+3.7%
Commercial268$190M$167M$2.42Mn/a+2.4%
Industrial105$325M$269M$11.5Mn/a+4.2%
Agricultural89$40.1M$16.6M$10.6Mn/a+36.8%
Vacant1,350$79.1M$68.6M$0.1Kn/a-0.5%
Institutional56$33.9M$477K$0n/a-2.7%
Government183$78M$63.9K$0.1Kn/a+1.0%
Other295$12M$11.2M$0.1Kn/a-8.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units7,708Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199073.0% high2024
Occupied units6,4992020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,2092020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4,7672020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,7322020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate73.3%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)25.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households46.2%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%)21.0%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units193Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.21K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$342K2024

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 less6827385
All households30.01-50% AMI312350254
All households50.01-80% AMI688473282
All households80.01-120% AMI48511215
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI4,45913523
Renters30% AMI or less06281
Renters30.01-50% AMI7119296
Renters50.01-80% AMI169354133
Renters80.01-120% AMI148590
RentersGreater than 120% AMI91800
Owners30% AMI or less6821104
Owners30.01-50% AMI241158158
Owners50.01-80% AMI519119149
Owners80.01-120% AMI3375315
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3,54113523

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$59.2K121
1997$63K173
1998$70K137
1999$79.9K200
2000$84.8K184
2001$83.8K208
2002$95.2K192
2003$101K205
2004$120K257
2005$178K445
2006$229K462
2007$200K239
2008$172K165
2009$150K130
2010$130K144
2011$105K153
2012$135K196
2013$145K188
2014$160K213
2015$160K300

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Auburn Village811 Jersey Road NWAuburndale102102
New Horizons500 NEW HORIZON LOOPAuburndale5757
Kel Kim Commons3010 DONOVAN DRAuburndale3434

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$119KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$136K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.42MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.42MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.3%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$66.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$778KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$778KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+9.4%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$106MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+29.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$75.4MFY2025
Expenditures, change on the year before+16.8%FY2025
Revenues per resident$5.24KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$58.4MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-4.2%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$119K
Aug 2026$117K
Jul 2026$116K
Jun 2026$123K
May 2026$130K
Apr 2026$121K
Mar 2026$116K
Feb 2026$128K
Jan 2026$111K
Dec 2025$118K
Nov 2025$114K
Oct 2025$111K
Sep 2025$124K
Aug 2025$120K
Jul 2025$125K
Jun 2025$131K
May 2025$136K
Apr 2025$131K
Mar 2025$118K
Feb 2025$130K
Jan 2025$118K
Dec 2024$119K
Nov 2024$108K
Oct 2024$111K
Sep 2024$113K
Aug 2024$110K
Jul 2024$115K
Jun 2024$121K
May 2024$127K
Apr 2024$123K
Mar 2024$113K
Feb 2024$124K
Jan 2024$112K
Dec 2023$116K
Nov 2023$112K
Oct 2023$116K

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$66.8K
Aug 2026$66.8K
Jul 2026$66.8K
Jun 2026$62.7K
May 2026$62.7K
Apr 2026$62.7K
Mar 2026$62.7K
Feb 2026$62.7K
Jan 2026$62.7K
Dec 2025$67.2K
Nov 2025$67.2K
Oct 2025$67.2K
Sep 2025$69.2K
Aug 2025$69.2K
Jul 2025$69.2K
Jun 2025$54.7K
May 2025$54.7K
Apr 2025$54.7K
Mar 2025$54.7K
Feb 2025$54.7K
Jan 2025$54.7K
Dec 2024$54.7K
Nov 2024$60.4K
Oct 2024$60.4K
Sep 2024$60.4K
Aug 2024$60.4K
Jul 2024$60.4K
Jun 2024$55.7K
May 2024$55.7K
Apr 2024$55.7K
Mar 2024$55.7K
Feb 2024$55.7K
Jan 2024$55.7K
Dec 2023$55.7K
Nov 2023$55.7K
Oct 2023$55.7K

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$58.4M-4.2%
FY2024$60.9M+30.8%
FY2023$46.6M-5.8%
FY2022$49.4M+1.4%
FY2021$48.8M-6.4%
FY2020$52.1M+14.8%
FY2019$45.4M-5.2%
FY2018$47.9M-5.6%
FY2017$50.7M-5.2%
FY2016$53.5M+8.8%
FY2015$49.2M+7.0%
FY2014$46M-4.1%
FY2013$48Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$15.9M$14.3M+11.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$18.3M$12M+51.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$9.71M$7.01M+38.5%
Charges for Services$23.2M$21.7M+7.2%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$195K$138K+41.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$19.1M$15M+26.9%
Other Sources$19.4M$11.3M+71.0%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2025

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

CategoryFY2025FY2024Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$10.4M$11M-5.8%
Public Safety$12.4M$11.7M+5.8%
Physical Environment$19M$18.5M+2.4%
Transportation$1.08M$3.38M-68.1%
Economic Environment$1.29M$1.05M+22.3%
Culture / Recreation$23.8M$11.6M+105.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$7.41M$7.2M+3.0%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$252MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$375M high2026
Change on a year earlier+1.0%June 30, 2026
Change, real-2.1%June 30, 2026
Branches2June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 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 Auburndale.

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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
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationHavendale West Branch605 Havendale BlvdAuburndale$144M
Citizens Bank and TrustAuburndale Branch211 Havendale BlvdAuburndale$108M

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