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Crystal River

City, Citrus County. Population 3,271 (2025), -7.0% on the prior year, -3.7% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Crystal River

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 7.65 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population3,271Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519794.4k high2025
Change since the prior year-7.0%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-3.7%2020 to 2025
Census 20203,3962020

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
20253,271estimate-7.0%
20243,516estimate+0.7%
20233,491estimate+0.5%
20223,474estimate+1.3%
20213,429estimate+1.0%
20203,396census-1.1%
20193,434estimate+3.0%
20183,333estimate+6.3%
20173,134estimate-0.3%
20163,143estimate+1.0%
20153,112estimate+0.8%
20143,088estimate+1.0%
20133,056estimate-0.7%
20123,076estimate-1.1%
20113,110estimate+0.1%
20103,108census-14.9%
20093,652estimate-0.2%
20083,660estimate-2.1%
20073,737estimate0.0%
20063,737estimate+0.7%
20053,710estimate+0.7%
20043,685estimate+0.8%
20033,656estimate+4.4%
20023,503estimate+1.6%
20013,449estimate-1.0%
20003,485census-20.3%
19994,375estimate+1.1%
19984,326estimate+5.2%
19974,114estimate+1.0%
19964,072estimate-1.2%
19954,123estimate+1.4%
19944,066estimate-0.2%
19934,076estimate+0.7%
19924,046estimate0.0%
19914,045estimaten/a
19893,869estimate+3.6%
19883,733estimate+3.9%
19873,594estimate+0.9%
19863,562estimate+0.5%
19853,544estimate+0.6%
19843,522estimate+3.7%
19833,396estimate+1.8%
19823,337estimate+18.9%
19812,806estimaten/a
19793,123estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Citrus County)6.7%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201613.4% highAug 2026
Labor force (Citrus County)54,520Aug 2026
Employment (Citrus County)50,856Aug 2026
Unemployed (Citrus County)3,664Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier6.2%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.7%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 202654,52050,8563,6646.7%
Jul 202653,45449,8053,6496.8%
Jun 202655,01551,3513,6646.7%
May 202654,87351,3513,5226.4%
Apr 202654,96651,3423,6246.6%
Mar 202655,00751,4333,5746.5%
Feb 202655,29751,3463,9517.1%
Jan 202654,91450,8154,0997.5%
Dec 202554,81851,1703,6486.7%
Nov 202555,15551,2043,9517.2%
Sep 202555,19151,7333,4586.3%
Aug 202554,91451,5053,4096.2%
Jul 202553,86150,5663,2956.1%
Jun 202554,87051,7743,0965.6%
May 202554,69851,9182,7805.1%
Apr 202554,74152,0502,6914.9%
Mar 202554,86852,1912,6774.9%
Feb 202554,45451,5962,8585.2%
Jan 202554,43851,4582,9805.5%
Dec 202453,84151,2882,5534.7%
Nov 202453,94251,1602,7825.2%
Oct 202454,37751,5192,8585.3%
Sep 202454,56451,7122,8525.2%
Aug 202454,67051,7412,9295.4%
Jul 202453,80750,7723,0355.6%
Jun 202454,36651,6142,7525.1%
May 202453,54051,1542,3864.5%
Apr 202453,40151,1552,2464.2%
Mar 202453,58951,2192,3704.4%
Feb 202453,09050,5672,5234.8%
Jan 202453,30850,6792,6294.9%
Dec 202353,32651,0372,2894.3%
Nov 202353,56251,1312,4314.5%
Oct 202353,91651,3992,5174.7%
Sep 202353,99151,3772,6144.8%
Aug 202354,14951,4602,6895.0%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202554,72851,5603,1685.8%
202453,87551,2152,6604.9%
202353,53251,2262,3064.3%
202252,31250,1662,1464.1%
202150,59947,7932,8065.5%
202049,37545,2784,0978.3%
201950,11947,7692,3504.7%
201850,30447,7642,5405.0%
201750,70347,8592,8445.6%
201650,90747,6523,2556.4%
201547,76944,1453,6247.6%
201447,99743,7334,2648.9%
201349,14344,1654,97810.1%
201251,19445,4925,70211.1%
201151,92145,3206,60112.7%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$507.6M

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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$287M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$410M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error4.3%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$55.3M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$82.6M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error2.8%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$287M$410M$393M4.3%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$55.3M$82.6M$80.3M2.8%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses188New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses86Aug 2026
Lodging licenses39Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses63Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months17Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)386Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+4.6%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month22Sep 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: Crystal River, 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-SEATfood69
2COPalcohol19
4COP-SFSalcohol16
2APSalcohol15
2014-MFDVfood15
2003-NAPTlodging11
2002-MOTLlodging8
2005-BNBlodging7
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging6
4COPalcohol5
3PSalcohol3
2001-HOTLlodging3
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging3
4COP-Salcohol2
2010-NOSTfood2
11CGalcohol1
1APSalcohol1
4COP-SAalcohol1
2006-CNDO-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: Crystal River)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies351332
Florida profit corporations2419
Florida non-profit corporations1014
Out of state entities registering in Florida14
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months15Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 20097 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+25.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$9.67MAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months15Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table112025

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 2026770$2.43M
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026220$1.53M
Mar 2026110$825K
Feb 2026110$600K
Jan 2026220$3.3M
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025110$675K
Sep 2025110$309K
Aug 2025110$350K
Jul 2025220$1.25M
Jun 2025110$408K
May 2025220$1.15M
Apr 2025110$340K
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025110$1.2M
Jan 2025110$400K
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024220$1.8M
Oct 2024110$850K
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024220$1.04M
Jul 2024220$1.04M
Jun 2024220$1.5M
May 2024510$535K
Apr 2024110$375K
Mar 2024110$1.3M
Feb 2024110$750K
Jan 2024110$1.16M
Dec 2023110$410K
Nov 2023110$410K
Oct 2023110$410K
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202511110$6.08M
202418140$10.3M
2023660$2.59M
2022660$2.46M
202111110$4.51M
202010100$4.1M
201910100$3.94M
2018880$2.86M
201714120$4.2M
2016550$1.46M
2015550$1.36M
2014440$582K
2013000$0
2012110$267K
2011110$150K

Property roll

2026 final
Total just value$1.07B
Total taxable value (non school)$701M2026 final
Total taxable value (school)$759M2026 final
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.4%2025 final roll to 2026 final
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.2%2025 final roll to 2026 final
Total just value, prior roll$1.04B2025 final roll
New construction value$12.7M2026 final
Parcels3,7432026 final

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; 72% 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$191K2026 final
Qualified sales, last 12 months69Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$291KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$670M2026 final
Just value, commercial$154M2026 final
Just value, industrial$10M2026 final
Just value, agricultural$7.69M2026 final
Just value, vacant$66.7M2026 final
Just value, institutional$28.8M2026 final
Just value, government$101M2026 final
Just value, other$34.7M2026 final

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
Residential2,077$670M$446M$9.27M2,388+2.8%
Commercial265$154M$147M$2.48Mn/a+6.5%
Industrial15$10M$9.81M$189Kn/a+12.8%
Agricultural27$7.69M$1.51M$65.5Kn/a-1.5%
Vacant1,084$66.7M$54.6M$188Kn/a+11.9%
Institutional29$28.8M$9.95M$531Kn/a+6.4%
Government129$101M$0$0n/a+2.6%
Other118$34.7M$31.7M$2.18Kn/a-11.5%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,281Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199070.0% high2024
Occupied units1,6502020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units6312020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households9992020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households6512020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate60.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)32.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households39.0%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%)30.4%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units175Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$490K2024

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 less280111
All households30.01-50% AMI1123359
All households50.01-80% AMI12510251
All households80.01-120% AMI841456
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI674579
Renters30% AMI or less28083
Renters30.01-50% AMI613359
Renters50.01-80% AMI37028
Renters80.01-120% AMI3300
RentersGreater than 120% AMI182150
Owners30% AMI or less0028
Owners30.01-50% AMI5100
Owners50.01-80% AMI8810223
Owners80.01-120% AMI511456
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI492429

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$66.8K32
1997$80K37
1998$79.5K60
1999$107K69
2000$115K59
2001$128K56
2002$128K79
2003$170K106
2004$214K114
2005$158K114
2006$147K70
2007$135K32
2008$193K39
2009$120K17
2010$288K19
2011$190K26
2012$179K31
2013$199K27
2014$230K43
2015$235K66

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Fountains at Hidden Lake10456 W Ashburn LaneCrystal River8181
Nature Walk1430 NE 5th AvenueCrystal River5050
Ridgeview Apts.880 SE 8TH AVENUECrystal River4444

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$21.1KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$25.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$249KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$249KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$16.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$201KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$201KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.4%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$25.7MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+35.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$16.8MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+2.9%FY2024
Revenues per resident$7.31KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$11.6MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-1.8%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$21.1K
Aug 2026$21.2K
Jul 2026$20.9K
Jun 2026$21.8K
May 2026$23.8K
Apr 2026$20.1K
Mar 2026$20K
Feb 2026$21.9K
Jan 2026$20K
Dec 2025$20.3K
Nov 2025$19.3K
Oct 2025$18.7K
Sep 2025$22.1K
Aug 2025$21.8K
Jul 2025$22.6K
Jun 2025$24.2K
May 2025$24K
Apr 2025$22.7K
Mar 2025$20.7K
Feb 2025$22.1K
Jan 2025$17.4K
Dec 2024$20.9K
Nov 2024$18.6K
Oct 2024$20.2K
Sep 2024$20.8K
Aug 2024$21.2K
Jul 2024$22.2K
Jun 2024$23K
May 2024$24.3K
Apr 2024$22.7K
Mar 2024$20K
Feb 2024$22.9K
Jan 2024$20.9K
Dec 2023$20.5K
Nov 2023$20.6K
Oct 2023$21.1K

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$16.8K
Aug 2026$16.8K
Jul 2026$16.8K
Jun 2026$16.7K
May 2026$16.7K
Apr 2026$16.7K
Mar 2026$16.7K
Feb 2026$16.7K
Jan 2026$16.7K
Dec 2025$16.8K
Nov 2025$16.8K
Oct 2025$16.8K
Sep 2025$16.9K
Aug 2025$16.9K
Jul 2025$16.9K
Jun 2025$16.6K
May 2025$16.6K
Apr 2025$16.6K
Mar 2025$16.6K
Feb 2025$16.6K
Jan 2025$16.6K
Dec 2024$16.6K
Nov 2024$16.7K
Oct 2024$16.7K
Sep 2024$16.7K
Aug 2024$16.7K
Jul 2024$16.7K
Jun 2024$16.7K
May 2024$16.7K
Apr 2024$16.7K
Mar 2024$16.7K
Feb 2024$16.7K
Jan 2024$16.7K
Dec 2023$16.7K
Nov 2023$16.7K
Oct 2023$16.7K

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$11.6M-1.8%
FY2024$11.8M+50.9%
FY2023$7.84M-9.8%
FY2022$8.69M+0.6%
FY2021$8.64M-7.6%
FY2020$9.35M-11.4%
FY2019$10.6M+55.0%
FY2018$6.81M+1.1%
FY2017$6.73M+6.9%
FY2016$6.3M+13.7%
FY2015$5.54M-7.4%
FY2014$5.98M+15.9%
FY2013$5.16Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$5.46M$5.03M+8.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$1.44M$876K+64.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$8.71M$2.31M+276.2%
Charges for Services$6.64M$5.6M+18.5%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$380K$104K+266.8%
Miscellaneous Revenues$1.55M$2.98M-48.0%
Other Sources$1.52M$2.05M-26.0%
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)$3.68M$3.05M+20.8%
Public Safety$2.09M$1.92M+9.1%
Physical Environment$5.92M$6.75M-12.4%
Transportation$397K$1.65M-75.9%
Economic Environment$830K$643K+29.2%
Culture / Recreation$2.34M$1.51M+55.6%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$1.52M$797K+90.8%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$761MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$862M high2026
Change on a year earlier-11.8%June 30, 2026
Change, real-14.5%June 30, 2026
Branches8June 30, 2026
Institutions7June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier1June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

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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
Bank of America, National AssociationCrystal River Branch450 Se Us Highway 19Crystal River$218M
Truist BankThe Haven Branch1502 Se Us Highway 19Crystal River$153M
Brannen BankCrystal River Branch865 NE Ushy 19Crystal River$121M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationCrystal River Branch1100 Southeast Highway 19Crystal River$93M
Regions BankCrystal River W Gulf To Lake Hwy Branch6730 W Gulf To Lake HwyCrystal River$70.7M
Seacoast National BankCrystal River Branch1160 N Suncoast BlvdCrystal River$57.9M
Capital City BankCrystal River Branch101 Se Us Highway 19Crystal River$44.6M
Brannen BankEast Crystal River Branch6901 W Gulf To Lake HwyCrystal River$2.77M

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