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City, Bradford County. Population 6,174 (2025), +4.8% on the prior year, +6.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Starke

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 7.18 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population6,174Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519796.2k high2025
Change since the prior year+4.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+6.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20205,7962020

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
20256,174estimate+4.8%
20245,893estimate-3.5%
20236,107estimate+4.1%
20225,867estimate+1.2%
20215,800estimate+0.1%
20205,796census+6.6%
20195,438estimate+1.6%
20185,352estimate-3.0%
20175,520estimate+0.1%
20165,515estimate+1.3%
20155,442estimate-1.7%
20145,536estimate-0.1%
20135,542estimate+1.9%
20125,437estimate-0.1%
20115,441estimate-0.1%
20105,449census-6.4%
20095,821estimate-3.4%
20086,025estimate-1.0%
20076,087estimate+0.6%
20066,053estimate+4.0%
20055,820estimate+4.3%
20045,582estimate+0.6%
20035,549estimate-2.2%
20025,671estimate+0.3%
20015,655estimate+1.1%
20005,593census+7.9%
19995,185estimate+0.7%
19985,151estimate-0.9%
19975,198estimate+0.7%
19965,163estimate+0.4%
19955,142estimate+0.6%
19945,111estimate+0.3%
19935,097estimate+1.7%
19925,011estimate-0.5%
19915,038estimaten/a
19895,747estimate+1.0%
19885,690estimate+0.8%
19875,647estimate-0.5%
19865,674estimate+1.3%
19855,599estimate+1.6%
19845,511estimate+3.0%
19835,348estimate+2.9%
19825,199estimate-2.1%
19815,308estimaten/a
19795,178estimaten/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%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$402.9M

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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$186M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$401M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error20.7%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$31.9M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$37M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error9.5%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$186M$401M$318M20.7%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$31.9M$37M$33.5M9.5%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses95New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses43Aug 2026
Lodging licenses18Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses34Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months8Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)217Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+17.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month9Sep 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: Starke, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32091.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)3512023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)4,1922023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$178M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood33
2APSalcohol19
2003-NAPTlodging11
2014-MFDVfood7
2002-MOTLlodging6
2COPalcohol4
7COP-SFSalcohol4
2010-NOSTfood3
3CPSalcohol2
7COPalcohol2
1APSalcohol1
1COPalcohol1
2COP-SFSalcohol1
2001-HOTLlodging1

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: Starke)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies196161
Florida profit corporations1215
Florida non-profit corporations88
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings01

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32091: 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
320913514,192$178M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months0Housing units permitted by month, Oct 2021 to Aug 2026Oct 20211 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-100.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$0Aug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table02025

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 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025110$209K
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024110$209K
Jul 2024110$209K
Jun 2024110$209K
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023110$209K
Nov 2023110$209K
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023110$209K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025000$0
2024000$0
2023660$1.25M
2022770$1.46M
2021660$1.25M
2020750$1.23M
2019220$254K
2018110$89.3K
2017000$0
2016000$0
2015000$0
2014220$493K
1984000$0
1983000$0
1982110$50.3K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$575M
Total taxable value (non school)$312M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$360M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+4.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$552M2025 final roll
New construction value$10.3M2026 preliminary
Parcels3,9042026 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; 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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Median single family just value$148K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months95Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$200KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$364M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$66.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$6.62M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$58M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$21M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$17.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$25.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$14.5M2026 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
Residential2,268$364M$187M$8.1M2,383+5.6%
Commercial206$66.4M$63.9M$777Kn/a+2.6%
Industrial26$6.62M$6.59M$1.96Kn/a-1.5%
Agricultural313$58M$17.4M$999Kn/a+1.2%
Vacant857$21M$18.4M$176Kn/a+3.0%
Institutional90$17.8M$3.8M$10.2Kn/a+0.6%
Government76$25.9M$2.48M$206Kn/a+1.9%
Other69$14.5M$12.1M$0n/a+1.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,583Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199063.0% high2024
Occupied units2,2022020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units3812020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,2392020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households9632020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate56.3%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)35.2%2025
Cost burdened renter households36.9%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%)25.3%2025
Assisted housing developments10Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units548Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$185K2024

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 less8556417
All households30.01-50% AMI535568
All households50.01-80% AMI27710830
All households80.01-120% AMI375390
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI7273317
Renters30% AMI or less680183
Renters30.01-50% AMI255557
Renters50.01-80% AMI2276319
Renters80.01-120% AMI11800
RentersGreater than 120% AMI20800
Owners30% AMI or less1756234
Owners30.01-50% AMI28011
Owners50.01-80% AMI504511
Owners80.01-120% AMI257390
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI5193317

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$59K34
1997$50.5K52
1998$55K61
1999$50K59
2000$56K48
2001$54K42
2002$59K61
2003$67.8K68
2004$69K85
2005$83.8K100
2006$105K67
2007$115K55
2008$95K31
2009$93.2K22
2010$95.5K17
2011$85.5K20
2012$73.2K22
2013$70K31
2014$93.2K22
2015$88.9K35

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Whispering Oaks - Starke900 S Water StreetStarke120120
New River PlaceThomas StreetStarke8080
Arborside Preserve 24416 Oakmont CircleStarke7070
Pine Forest Apts I1530 W. MADISON ST.Starke5151
Arborside Preserve 14416 Oakmont CircleStarke5050
Orangewood Apts801 S Water StreetStarke4646
Heritage Villas Of Palm Coast607 BRADFORD CT.Starke4444
Southern Villas Of Starke Apartments1001 SOUTHERN VILLAS DR.Starke3636
Pine Forest II1530 W Madison StreetStarke3030
Sandcastle PinesN Westmoreland Street and Parkwood PlaceStarke2121

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$51.5KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$53.9K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$433KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$433KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-6.5%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$27.5KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$324KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$324KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-1.7%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$34.7MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+31.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$19.7MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-17.8%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.89KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$11.5MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-1.6%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$51.5K
Aug 2026$30.9K
Jul 2026$36.1K
Jun 2026$38.9K
May 2026$35K
Apr 2026$31.5K
Mar 2026$32.3K
Feb 2026$40.6K
Jan 2026$31.3K
Dec 2025$35.4K
Nov 2025$36.6K
Oct 2025$33.4K
Sep 2025$38.6K
Aug 2025$39.7K
Jul 2025$39K
Jun 2025$37.1K
May 2025$43.1K
Apr 2025$36.8K
Mar 2025$33.9K
Feb 2025$46.5K
Jan 2025$36.3K
Dec 2024$37.8K
Nov 2024$33.2K
Oct 2024$41.5K
Sep 2024$40.9K
Aug 2024$35K
Jul 2024$38.9K
Jun 2024$37K
May 2024$41.3K
Apr 2024$36.9K
Mar 2024$35K
Feb 2024$41.6K
Jan 2024$39.3K
Dec 2023$34.8K
Nov 2023$43.8K
Oct 2023$32.2K

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$27.5K
Aug 2026$27.5K
Jul 2026$27.5K
Jun 2026$26.2K
May 2026$26.2K
Apr 2026$26.2K
Mar 2026$26.2K
Feb 2026$26.2K
Jan 2026$26.2K
Dec 2025$28K
Nov 2025$28K
Oct 2025$28K
Sep 2025$28.7K
Aug 2025$28.7K
Jul 2025$28.7K
Jun 2025$26.4K
May 2025$26.4K
Apr 2025$26.4K
Mar 2025$26.4K
Feb 2025$26.4K
Jan 2025$26.4K
Dec 2024$26.4K
Nov 2024$29K
Oct 2024$29K
Sep 2024$29K
Aug 2024$29K
Jul 2024$29K
Jun 2024$27.7K
May 2024$27.7K
Apr 2024$27.7K
Mar 2024$27.7K
Feb 2024$27.7K
Jan 2024$27.7K
Dec 2023$27.7K
Nov 2023$27.7K
Oct 2023$27.7K

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
FY2024$11.5M-1.6%
FY2023$11.7M+867.4%
FY2022$1.21M-11.0%
FY2021$1.36M-0.3%
FY2020$1.36M-13.5%
FY2019$1.58M+22.4%
FY2018$1.29M-49.6%
FY2017$2.56M-4.9%
FY2016$2.69M-28.9%
FY2015$3.78M-15.9%
FY2014$4.49M-11.8%
FY2013$5.1Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$3.46M$3.16M+9.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$360K$245K+47.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$11.2M$2.66M+321.5%
Charges for Services$12.3M$13.3M-7.3%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$12.7K$20.4K-37.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$7.27M$4.44M+63.7%
Other Sources$100K$2.69M-96.3%
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)$3.78M$3.33M+13.6%
Public Safety$2.43M$3.68M-33.8%
Physical Environment$12.9M$13.9M-7.1%
Transportation$313K$221K+41.4%
Culture / Recreation$235K$215K+9.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$100K$2.69M-96.3%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$376MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$386M high2026
Change on a year earlier+2.4%June 30, 2026
Change, real-0.8%June 30, 2026
Branches4June 30, 2026
Institutions4June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier1June 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 Starke.

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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
DLP BankDlp Bank811 S Walnut StStarke$143M
Capital City BankStarke Branch350 N Temple AveStarke$129M
TD Bank, National AssociationStarke Branch606 W Madison StStarke$104M
First Federal BankStarke Branch841 S Walnut StStarke$875K

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