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Lawtey

City, Bradford County. Population 708 (2025), +7.6% on the prior year, +11.3% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Lawtey

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.51 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population708Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979735 high2025
Change since the prior year+7.6%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+11.3%2020 to 2025
Census 20206362020

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
2025708estimate+7.6%
2024658estimate-0.2%
2023659estimate-0.6%
2022663estimate+3.1%
2021643estimate+1.1%
2020636census-11.0%
2019715estimate-0.4%
2018718estimate-0.7%
2017723estimate+0.7%
2016718estimate+1.0%
2015711estimate-1.8%
2014724estimate-1.5%
2013735estimate+0.7%
2012730estimate+0.4%
2011727estimate-0.4%
2010730census+11.3%
2009656estimate-1.5%
2008666estimate-1.3%
2007675estimate+1.2%
2006667estimate-3.3%
2005690estimate+0.6%
2004686estimate+0.9%
2003680estimate+2.3%
2002665estimate0.0%
2001665estimate+1.4%
2000656census-7.9%
1999712estimate+7.4%
1998663estimate+0.3%
1997661estimate-1.0%
1996668estimate-2.6%
1995686estimate-0.4%
1994689estimate+1.5%
1993679estimate+0.7%
1992674estimate0.0%
1991674estimaten/a
1989707estimate+1.7%
1988695estimate-2.0%
1987709estimate+1.6%
1986698estimate+0.6%
1985694estimate-3.3%
1984718estimate-0.1%
1983719estimate0.0%
1982719estimate+0.8%
1981713estimaten/a
1979693estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Bradford County)5.5%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.3% highAug 2026
Labor force (Bradford County)10,537Aug 2026
Employment (Bradford County)9,957Aug 2026
Unemployed (Bradford County)580Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.9%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 202610,5379,9575805.5%
Jul 202610,4709,8666045.8%
Jun 202610,5319,9455865.6%
May 202610,5159,9695465.2%
Apr 202610,4949,9175775.5%
Mar 202610,5419,9825595.3%
Feb 202610,5659,9616045.7%
Jan 202610,4509,8476035.8%
Dec 202510,3839,8695145.0%
Nov 202510,4609,8765845.6%
Sep 202510,51610,0045124.9%
Aug 202510,4579,9485094.9%
Jul 202510,4589,9594994.8%
Jun 202510,49010,0034874.6%
May 202510,46510,0444214.0%
Apr 202510,45510,0613943.8%
Mar 202510,53010,1284023.8%
Feb 202510,46810,0574113.9%
Jan 202510,50610,0574494.3%
Dec 202410,41410,0273873.7%
Nov 202410,4099,9884214.0%
Oct 202410,50010,0924083.9%
Sep 202410,48010,0744063.9%
Aug 202410,44910,0204294.1%
Jul 202410,4179,9844334.2%
Jun 202410,4189,9874314.1%
May 202410,3539,9933603.5%
Apr 202410,35810,0313273.2%
Mar 202410,49610,1213753.6%
Feb 202410,50310,1253783.6%
Jan 202410,44210,0713713.6%
Dec 202310,38110,0433383.3%
Nov 202310,43910,0793603.4%
Oct 202310,47410,0913833.7%
Sep 202310,48910,1143753.6%
Aug 202310,41710,0363813.7%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202510,47210,0014714.5%
202410,43710,0433943.8%
202310,37310,0343393.3%
202210,36810,0153533.4%
202110,2159,7524634.5%
202010,2079,5396686.5%
201910,36510,0063593.5%
201810,61510,2303853.6%
201710,78410,3574274.0%
201610,4469,9664804.6%
201510,73410,2105244.9%
201410,68810,0606285.9%
201310,91410,1957196.6%
201211,05910,1928677.8%
201111,46810,4101,0589.2%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses12New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses4Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses6Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months3Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)53Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-14.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month2Sep 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: Lawtey, 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
2APSalcohol4
2010-SEATfood3
2COPalcohol1
3CPSalcohol1
2014-MFDVfood1
2002-MOTLlodging1
2003-NAPTlodging1

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: Lawtey)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies4652
Florida profit corporations39
Florida non-profit corporations31
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$128M
Total taxable value (non school)$49M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$59.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$124M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.63M2026 preliminary
Parcels8142026 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; 32% 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$66.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$1.47M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$198K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$39.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$4.56M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$957K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$12.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$2.27M2026 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
Residential414$66.7M$32.2M$1.36M435+5.4%
Commercial10$1.47M$1.43M$5.35Kn/a+3.5%
Industrial1$198K$193K$0n/a+0.5%
Agricultural177$39.1M$9.65M$264Kn/a+0.7%
Vacant165$4.56M$3.65M$6.79Kn/a+4.3%
Institutional10$957K$228K$0n/a+0.4%
Government19$12.3M$50.2K$0n/a-0.1%
Other18$2.27M$1.55M$0n/a+5.1%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units311Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199075.0% high2024
Occupied units2462020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units652020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1852020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households612020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate75.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)18.1%2025
Cost burdened renter households34.0%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%)26.0%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units29Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.7K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$108K2024

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 less0438
All households30.01-50% AMI1500
All households50.01-80% AMI5380
All households80.01-120% AMI1800
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI15840
Renters30% AMI or less0426
Renters30.01-50% AMI1100
Renters50.01-80% AMI1540
Renters80.01-120% AMI400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI3600
Owners30% AMI or less0012
Owners30.01-50% AMI400
Owners50.01-80% AMI3840
Owners80.01-120% AMI1400
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI12240

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996n/an/a
1997$67K2
1998$30.2K5
1999$85K2
2000$24.9K4
2001$65K1
2002$64K3
2003$105K2
2004$70K3
2005$88K3
2006$89.9K5
2007$88K3
2008n/an/a
2009n/an/a
2010$110K2
2011n/an/a
2012n/an/a
2013$33.5K2
2014$90.7K2
2015n/an/a

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Lawtey Apts1701 ADAMS STREETLawtey2929

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$5.76KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$5.99K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$48.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$48.5KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.3%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.82KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$43.1KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$43.1KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+4.0%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$1.21MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+0.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.27MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+10.3%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.84KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.88MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-2.5%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$5.76K
Aug 2026$3.45K
Jul 2026$4.03K
Jun 2026$4.35K
May 2026$3.91K
Apr 2026$3.53K
Mar 2026$3.62K
Feb 2026$4.54K
Jan 2026$3.5K
Dec 2025$3.96K
Nov 2025$4.09K
Oct 2025$3.73K
Sep 2025$4.17K
Aug 2025$4.3K
Jul 2025$4.21K
Jun 2025$4.01K
May 2025$4.66K
Apr 2025$3.98K
Mar 2025$3.66K
Feb 2025$5.03K
Jan 2025$3.93K
Dec 2024$4.08K
Nov 2024$3.59K
Oct 2024$4.49K
Sep 2024$4.63K
Aug 2024$3.97K
Jul 2024$4.4K
Jun 2024$4.19K
May 2024$4.67K
Apr 2024$4.18K
Mar 2024$3.97K
Feb 2024$4.71K
Jan 2024$4.45K
Dec 2023$3.94K
Nov 2023$4.95K
Oct 2023$3.64K

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$3.82K
Aug 2026$3.82K
Jul 2026$3.82K
Jun 2026$3.44K
May 2026$3.44K
Apr 2026$3.44K
Mar 2026$3.44K
Feb 2026$3.44K
Jan 2026$3.44K
Dec 2025$3.66K
Nov 2025$3.66K
Oct 2025$3.66K
Sep 2025$3.76K
Aug 2025$3.76K
Jul 2025$3.76K
Jun 2025$3.29K
May 2025$3.29K
Apr 2025$3.29K
Mar 2025$3.29K
Feb 2025$3.29K
Jan 2025$3.29K
Dec 2024$3.29K
Nov 2024$3.59K
Oct 2024$3.59K
Sep 2024$3.59K
Aug 2024$3.59K
Jul 2024$3.59K
Jun 2024$3.5K
May 2024$3.5K
Apr 2024$3.5K
Mar 2024$3.5K
Feb 2024$3.5K
Jan 2024$3.5K
Dec 2023$3.5K
Nov 2023$3.5K
Oct 2023$3.5K

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$1.88M-2.5%
FY2023$1.93M-2.3%
FY2022$1.98M-2.6%
FY2021$2.03M-1.7%
FY2020$2.07M-2.0%
FY2019$2.11M-1.9%
FY2018$2.15M-2.6%
FY2017$2.2M-2.1%
FY2016$2.25M+205.2%
FY2015$737K-4.2%
FY2014$769K-1.4%
FY2013$780Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$201K$182K+10.4%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$49.3K$44.2K+11.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$189K$266K-28.9%
Charges for Services$402K$400K+0.6%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$353K$299K+18.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$13.2K$6.68K+97.9%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Other Sourcesn/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)$187K$226K-17.5%
Public Safety$410K$301K+36.1%
Physical Environment$576K$553K+4.2%
Transportation$89.6K$67.2K+33.4%
Culture / Recreation$12.6K$8.62K+45.6%

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