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Wildwood

City, Sumter County. Population 36,783 (2025), +17.4% on the prior year, +133.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Wildwood

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 58.31 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population36,783Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197936.8k high2025
Change since the prior year+17.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+133.8%2020 to 2025
Census 202015,7302020

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
202536,783estimate+17.4%
202431,337estimate+3.3%
202330,327estimate+22.9%
202224,681estimate+18.0%
202120,909estimate+32.9%
202015,730census+24.2%
201912,665estimate+33.2%
20189,511estimate+12.5%
20178,454estimate+5.5%
20168,016estimate+7.3%
20157,473estimate+3.0%
20147,252estimate+1.9%
20137,116estimate+2.1%
20126,969estimate+0.6%
20116,926estimate+3.2%
20106,709census+39.0%
20094,825estimate-1.2%
20084,885estimate-0.2%
20074,895estimate+7.3%
20064,564estimate+10.9%
20054,115estimate+3.2%
20043,987estimate+1.0%
20033,948estimate-0.2%
20023,954estimate+0.6%
20013,929estimate+0.1%
20003,924census-4.5%
19994,109estimate+0.8%
19984,077estimate+1.5%
19974,015estimate+0.7%
19963,989estimate+1.0%
19953,950estimate+2.5%
19943,853estimate+2.3%
19933,767estimate+2.2%
19923,685estimate+6.6%
19913,457estimaten/a
19893,906estimate+6.1%
19883,682estimate+5.0%
19873,505estimate+3.4%
19863,389estimate+4.8%
19853,233estimate+4.5%
19843,094estimate-0.1%
19833,096estimate+3.7%
19822,986estimate+6.8%
19812,796estimaten/a
19792,725estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Sumter County)7.9%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Sumter County)35,343Aug 2026
Employment (Sumter County)32,557Aug 2026
Unemployed (Sumter County)2,786Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier7.1%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.4%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 202635,34332,5572,7867.9%
Jul 202635,00032,2432,7577.9%
Jun 202635,66432,8912,7737.8%
May 202635,32332,6642,6597.5%
Apr 202635,44332,6352,8087.9%
Mar 202635,41332,6642,7497.8%
Feb 202635,73132,6013,1308.8%
Jan 202635,47932,2583,2219.1%
Dec 202535,19332,5282,6657.6%
Nov 202535,55532,5243,0318.5%
Sep 202535,56532,9102,6557.5%
Aug 202535,19332,6802,5137.1%
Jul 202534,85632,3962,4607.1%
Jun 202534,80632,4742,3326.7%
May 202534,74332,6962,0475.9%
Apr 202534,86032,7892,0715.9%
Mar 202534,66832,7331,9355.6%
Feb 202534,52532,3412,1846.3%
Jan 202534,52432,2512,2736.6%
Dec 202434,15832,3131,8455.4%
Nov 202434,05732,0342,0235.9%
Oct 202434,39432,3342,0606.0%
Sep 202434,67132,4602,2116.4%
Aug 202434,43032,2222,2086.4%
Jul 202434,32231,9542,3686.9%
Jun 202434,17632,1991,9775.8%
May 202433,93532,1551,7805.2%
Apr 202433,82932,1151,7145.1%
Mar 202433,99032,2691,7215.1%
Feb 202433,97131,9831,9885.9%
Jan 202433,73431,6952,0396.0%
Dec 202333,47731,7811,6965.1%
Nov 202333,56731,7781,7895.3%
Oct 202333,75431,9561,7985.3%
Sep 202334,12332,0942,0295.9%
Aug 202333,84031,8621,9785.8%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202534,95432,5752,3796.8%
202434,13932,1441,9955.8%
202333,39531,6921,7035.1%
202231,86730,2831,5845.0%
202129,75127,8671,8846.3%
202027,81925,2102,6099.4%
201927,56126,0681,4935.4%
201826,51424,9401,5745.9%
201725,65123,8551,7967.0%
201625,09223,0572,0358.1%
201528,60926,3872,2227.8%
201428,13225,6912,4418.7%
201327,44124,7832,6589.7%
201226,67823,7602,91810.9%
201125,98322,7623,22112.4%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$965.1M

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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$333M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$772M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error5.7%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017n/a2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$85.6M2022
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)$333M$772M$728M5.7%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)n/a$85.6Mn/an/a
  • first published in 2022 for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): no back-test for this sector

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses296New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20169 highAug 2026
Food service licenses102Aug 2026
Lodging licenses112Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses82Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months16Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)386Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+18.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month20Sep 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: Wildwood, 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-SEATfood81
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging79
2APSalcohol37
4COP-SFSalcohol19
2003-NAPTlodging19
2COPalcohol15
2010-NOSTfood10
2014-MFDVfood10
3PSalcohol7
2001-HOTLlodging4
2002-MOTLlodging4
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging4
1COPalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
4COP-Salcohol1
4COP-SAalcohol1
2014-HTDGfood1
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging1
2007-DWEL-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: Wildwood)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies336285
Florida profit corporations3325
Florida non-profit corporations815
Out of state entities registering in Florida82
Partnerships, trusts and other filings10

Building permits

Dec 2010
Housing units permitted, last 12 months66Housing units permitted by month, Jan 2001 to Dec 2010Jan 2001280 highDec 2010
Change on the 12 months before-65.4%Dec 2010
Permit valuation, last 12 months$7.55MDec 2010
Units, latest month0Dec 2010
Single family units, last 12 months46Dec 2010
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months16Dec 2010
Units, latest annual table02012

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
Dec 2010000$0
Nov 20101237$1.08M
Oct 2010000$0
Sep 20101549$1.34M
Aug 2010330$395K
Jul 2010220$207K
Jun 2010660$786K
May 2010660$807K
Apr 201013130$1.73M
Mar 2010220$255K
Feb 2010330$470K
Jan 2010440$483K
Dec 2009330$360K
Nov 2009110$175K
Oct 20091390$1.51M
Sep 2009660$730K
Aug 2009640$749K
Jul 2009110$95.5K
Jun 2009770$840K
May 200917411$1.34M
Apr 20091275118$9.43M
Mar 2009310$334K
Feb 2009330$360K
Jan 2009440$480K
Dec 2008510$548K
Nov 20082804276$16.7M
Oct 2008620$668K
Sep 2008330$360K
Aug 2008750$764K
Jul 200812100$1.43M
Jun 2008660$720K
May 20081460$1.57M
Apr 2008660$720K
Mar 200811110$1.34M
Feb 2008110$165K
Jan 2008440$417K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2012000$0
2011000$0
201039390$5.13M
200917848118$15.5M
200835761276$25.6M
200725110$3.67M
200678600$9.77M
200530220$3.71M
200416160$1.52M
200376472$2.91M
2002660$334K
2001330$263K
2000990$607K
199912120$786K
1998330$245K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$7.25B
Total taxable value (non school)$5.48B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$5.87B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+18.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+25.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$6.1B2025 final roll
New construction value$954M2026 preliminary
Parcels20,3592026 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; 76% 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$361K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months1,602Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$393KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$5.87B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$554M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$158M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$146M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$198M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$163M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$114M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$48.8M2026 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
Residential15,583$5.87B$4.51B$849M17,132+19.8%
Commercial246$554M$504M$76.4Mn/a+26.1%
Industrial60$158M$134M$7.1Mn/a+9.8%
Agricultural430$146M$36.3M$795Kn/a-8.7%
Vacant3,484$198M$165M$8.16Kn/a+14.8%
Institutional92$163M$86M$9.41Mn/a-5.6%
Government321$114M$141K$4.05Mn/a+40.2%
Other143$48.8M$43.2M$6.89Mn/a+80.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units11,127Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199079.0% high2024
Occupied units9,2282020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,8992020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households7,1362020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,0922020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate77.3%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)35.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households63.5%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%)28.4%2025
Assisted housing developments4Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units192Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.52K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$410K2024

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 less1542891,743
All households30.01-50% AMI621433494
All households50.01-80% AMI1,488560540
All households80.01-120% AMI924309202
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI8,6501,959106
Renters30% AMI or less12590833
Renters30.01-50% AMI072179
Renters50.01-80% AMI260401107
Renters80.01-120% AMI726372
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1,15592263
Owners30% AMI or less29199910
Owners30.01-50% AMI621361315
Owners50.01-80% AMI1,228159433
Owners80.01-120% AMI852246130
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI7,4951,03743

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$39K25
1997$55.2K28
1998$49K33
1999$51.5K35
2000$55.1K35
2001$55K33
2002$59.2K56
2003$62.5K26
2004$67.5K48
2005$90K59
2006$140K43
2007$117K36
2008$190K81
2009$182K67
2010$186K70
2011$196K74
2012$170K86
2013$175K95
2014$271K182
2015$294K251

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Cypress Commons775 Huey StreetWildwood7272
Wildwood Commonsltd1000 LEE STWildwood4949
Wildwood Terrace500 E Gilliam StreetWildwood4141
Wildwood Townehomes301 E HIGHWAY 44Wildwood3030

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$210KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$253K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$2.63MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$2.63MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+2.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$101KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$1.08MFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$1.08MSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+9.7%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$84.8MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+33.4%FY2024
Total expenditures$69.7MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+64.5%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.71KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$11.5MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-8.8%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$210K
Aug 2026$216K
Jul 2026$205K
Jun 2026$239K
May 2026$251K
Apr 2026$227K
Mar 2026$229K
Feb 2026$227K
Jan 2026$193K
Dec 2025$215K
Nov 2025$239K
Oct 2025$175K
Sep 2025$224K
Aug 2025$253K
Jul 2025$224K
Jun 2025$224K
May 2025$237K
Apr 2025$234K
Mar 2025$199K
Feb 2025$196K
Jan 2025$194K
Dec 2024$210K
Nov 2024$172K
Oct 2024$185K
Sep 2024$154K
Aug 2024$168K
Jul 2024$180K
Jun 2024$190K
May 2024$202K
Apr 2024$204K
Mar 2024$186K
Feb 2024$187K
Jan 2024$170K
Dec 2023$185K
Nov 2023$187K
Oct 2023$171K

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$101K
Aug 2026$101K
Jul 2026$101K
Jun 2026$84.4K
May 2026$84.4K
Apr 2026$84.4K
Mar 2026$84.4K
Feb 2026$84.4K
Jan 2026$84.4K
Dec 2025$90.9K
Nov 2025$90.9K
Oct 2025$90.9K
Sep 2025$93.7K
Aug 2025$93.7K
Jul 2025$93.7K
Jun 2025$76.3K
May 2025$76.3K
Apr 2025$76.3K
Mar 2025$76.3K
Feb 2025$76.3K
Jan 2025$76.3K
Dec 2024$76.3K
Nov 2024$85K
Oct 2024$85K
Sep 2024$85K
Aug 2024$85K
Jul 2024$85K
Jun 2024$71.8K
May 2024$71.8K
Apr 2024$71.8K
Mar 2024$71.8K
Feb 2024$71.8K
Jan 2024$71.8K
Dec 2023$71.8K
Nov 2023$71.8K
Oct 2023$71.8K

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$11.5M-8.8%
FY2024$12.6M-11.7%
FY2023$14.3M-10.9%
FY2022$16.1M-9.2%
FY2021$17.7M-10.1%
FY2020$19.7M-7.7%
FY2019$21.3M+89.0%
FY2018$11.3M-1.3%
FY2017$11.4M+32.7%
FY2016$8.63M+5.2%
FY2015$8.2M-14.2%
FY2014$9.55M+22.7%
FY2013$7.78Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$26.9M$22.1M+22.1%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$5.63M$5.6M+0.6%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.25M$2.98M+9.2%
Charges for Services$20.9M$16.8M+24.3%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$127K$51.2K+147.7%
Miscellaneous Revenues$946K$808K+17.1%
Other Sources$27M$15.2M+77.1%
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)$6.91M$4.76M+45.0%
Public Safety$7.45M$6.26M+19.1%
Physical Environment$8.88M$7.23M+22.8%
Transportation$16M$7.09M+125.3%
Economic Environment$91.8K$115K-20.4%
Culture / Recreation$3.17M$3.55M-10.5%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$27.2M$13.4M+103.6%
Human Servicesn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$74.6MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$141M high2026
Change on a year earlier+7.5%June 30, 2026
Change, real+4.1%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 Wildwood.

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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
Truist BankWildwood Branch406 S Main StWildwood$55.9M
United Southern BankWildwood Branch1017 US Highway 301Wildwood$18.7M

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