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Century

Town, Escambia County. Population 1,621 (2025), -1.0% on the prior year, -5.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Century

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 3.22 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population1,621Population, April 1, 1981 to 202519812.7k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.0%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-5.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20201,7132020

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
20251,621estimate-1.0%
20241,638estimate-2.6%
20231,682estimate-1.7%
20221,711estimate-1.2%
20211,732estimate+1.1%
20201,713census+5.4%
20191,626estimate+1.5%
20181,602estimate+4.3%
20171,536estimate-0.2%
20161,539estimate-2.5%
20151,578estimate-3.4%
20141,634estimate-1.2%
20131,654estimate-2.3%
20121,693estimate+0.2%
20111,690estimate-0.5%
20101,698census+5.4%
20091,611estimate-2.0%
20081,644estimate-1.6%
20071,670estimate-4.8%
20061,755estimate-1.6%
20051,784estimate+3.2%
20041,728estimate-0.4%
20031,735estimate-1.5%
20021,761estimate-0.1%
20011,763estimate+2.9%
20001,714census-10.2%
19991,909estimate-4.9%
19982,007estimate+2.0%
19971,968estimate-3.5%
19962,040estimate-0.3%
19952,046estimate+1.6%
19942,013estimate+1.0%
19931,994estimate+1.4%
19921,967estimate-0.6%
19911,979estimaten/a
19892,630estimate-2.1%
19882,686estimate+0.8%
19872,664estimate+0.3%
19862,655estimate+8.2%
19852,454estimate-3.0%
19842,531estimate+1.7%
19832,489estimate+12.8%
19822,207estimate+5.4%
19812,094estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Escambia County)5.0%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201611.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Escambia County)149,306Aug 2026
Employment (Escambia County)141,778Aug 2026
Unemployed (Escambia County)7,528Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.5%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 2026149,306141,7787,5285.0%
Jul 2026149,605141,9227,6835.1%
Jun 2026150,071142,5487,5235.0%
May 2026149,270141,9647,3064.9%
Apr 2026149,473141,9707,5035.0%
Mar 2026148,988141,6717,3174.9%
Feb 2026149,199141,2427,9575.3%
Jan 2026148,226140,0338,1935.5%
Dec 2025147,923140,5037,4205.0%
Nov 2025149,204141,1628,0425.4%
Sep 2025150,442143,6896,7534.5%
Aug 2025149,960143,1726,7884.5%
Jul 2025150,665144,0246,6414.4%
Jun 2025149,740143,3746,3664.3%
May 2025149,080143,3355,7453.9%
Apr 2025148,527143,1935,3343.6%
Mar 2025148,376142,8645,5123.7%
Feb 2025146,789141,2355,5543.8%
Jan 2025147,305141,5545,7513.9%
Dec 2024145,814140,8264,9883.4%
Nov 2024146,655141,0495,6063.8%
Oct 2024149,324143,8535,4713.7%
Sep 2024149,205143,8595,3463.6%
Aug 2024149,801143,9495,8523.9%
Jul 2024150,777144,8685,9093.9%
Jun 2024149,717143,9895,7283.8%
May 2024148,133143,2684,8653.3%
Apr 2024148,180143,6604,5203.1%
Mar 2024148,021143,0644,9573.3%
Feb 2024146,382141,3964,9863.4%
Jan 2024146,296141,1275,1693.5%
Dec 2023146,948142,2564,6923.2%
Nov 2023148,409143,4564,9533.3%
Oct 2023150,401145,2565,1453.4%
Sep 2023151,325146,3594,9663.3%
Aug 2023151,364146,1595,2053.4%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025148,910142,5556,3554.3%
2024148,192142,9095,2833.6%
2023148,818144,1814,6373.1%
2022146,353141,7404,6133.2%
2021144,835138,0506,7854.7%
2020144,193134,04710,1467.0%
2019144,719139,9354,7843.3%
2018142,866137,6365,2303.7%
2017141,925135,9325,9934.2%
2016140,973134,0176,9564.9%
2015137,988130,1987,7905.6%
2014138,546129,2719,2756.7%
2013138,182127,70510,4777.6%
2012138,588126,52112,0678.7%
2011140,254126,49713,7579.8%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses20New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses4Aug 2026
Lodging licenses4Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses12Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months2Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)40Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+5.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month1Sep 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: Century, 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
2APSalcohol9
2010-SEATfood4
2003-NAPTlodging4
2COPalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
4COP-SFSalcohol1

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: Century)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies3234
Florida profit corporations12
Florida non-profit corporations72
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$76.7M
Total taxable value (non school)$42.6M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$47.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-46.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll-45.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$143M2025 final roll
New construction value$204K2026 preliminary
Parcels8752026 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; 57% 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$106K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months2Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$146KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$50.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$8.12M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$2M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$3.98M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$2.61M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$4.51M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$3.75M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.54M2026 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
Residential420$50.2M$30M$199K506-46.4%
Commercial45$8.12M$6.06M$0n/a-45.2%
Industrial4$2M$817K$0n/a-47.3%
Agricultural16$3.98M$782K$0n/a-49.7%
Vacant284$2.61M$1.62M$4.14Kn/a-27.7%
Institutional21$4.51M$2.29M$0.1Kn/a-48.5%
Government64$3.75M$9.99K$0n/a-49.4%
Other22$1.54M$995K$0n/a-47.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units879Homeownership rate, 2000 to 2024200071.0% high2024
Occupied units7522020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1272020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households3702020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households3822020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate49.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)36.4%2025
Cost burdened renter households40.4%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%)15.8%2025
Assisted housing developments4Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units158Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.7K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$115K2024

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 less629921
All households30.01-50% AMI843937
All households50.01-80% AMI113213
All households80.01-120% AMI4330
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI8700
Renters30% AMI or less461414
Renters30.01-50% AMI503228
Renters50.01-80% AMI46213
Renters80.01-120% AMI1430
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1400
Owners30% AMI or less16857
Owners30.01-50% AMI3479
Owners50.01-80% AMI6700
Owners80.01-120% AMI2900
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI7300

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$20.6K8
1997$44.4K8
1998$59K6
1999$34K7
2000$21K6
2001$40K3
2002$66K6
2003$45.5K2
2004$43.2K14
2005$79.9K5
2006$69.9K7
2007$92K3
2008$90K5
2009$2.9K1
2010$48K3
2011n/an/a
2012$40K1
2013$150K3
2014$54.5K2
2015$30K2

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Century Park121 2nd StreetCentury5050
Oakwood Village9640 Shady LaneCentury4040
Century Woods Apartments20 W Highway 4Century3636
Camellia Gardens901 Freedom RoadCentury3232

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$16.9KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$19.8K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$177KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$177KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$9.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$115KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$115KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-2.3%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$5.46MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+48.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$6.51MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+88.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$3.33KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.54MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before+49.2%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$16.9K
Aug 2026$15.9K
Jul 2026$15.4K
Jun 2026$15.4K
May 2026$16.2K
Apr 2026$13.6K
Mar 2026$13.6K
Feb 2026$14.7K
Jan 2026$12.9K
Dec 2025$14.2K
Nov 2025$14.3K
Oct 2025$13.6K
Sep 2025$17K
Aug 2025$17.1K
Jul 2025$16.3K
Jun 2025$16.6K
May 2025$16.5K
Apr 2025$15.2K
Mar 2025$12.5K
Feb 2025$15.5K
Jan 2025$14.4K
Dec 2024$15.2K
Nov 2024$14.9K
Oct 2024$15.9K
Sep 2024$16.9K
Aug 2024$18.3K
Jul 2024$17.6K
Jun 2024$16.9K
May 2024$17.5K
Apr 2024$15.4K
Mar 2024$13.7K
Feb 2024$16.3K
Jan 2024$15.1K
Dec 2023$15.8K
Nov 2023$15.7K
Oct 2023$16.5K

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$9.2K
Aug 2026$9.2K
Jul 2026$9.2K
Jun 2026$9.47K
May 2026$9.47K
Apr 2026$9.47K
Mar 2026$9.47K
Feb 2026$9.47K
Jan 2026$9.47K
Dec 2025$10K
Nov 2025$10K
Oct 2025$10K
Sep 2025$10.3K
Aug 2025$10.3K
Jul 2025$10.3K
Jun 2025$9.43K
May 2025$9.43K
Apr 2025$9.43K
Mar 2025$9.43K
Feb 2025$9.43K
Jan 2025$9.43K
Dec 2024$9.43K
Nov 2024$10.2K
Oct 2024$10.2K
Sep 2024$10.2K
Aug 2024$10.2K
Jul 2024$10.2K
Jun 2024$10.6K
May 2024$10.6K
Apr 2024$10.6K
Mar 2024$10.6K
Feb 2024$10.6K
Jan 2024$10.6K
Dec 2023$10.6K
Nov 2023$10.6K
Oct 2023$10.6K

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$1.54M+49.2%
FY2023$1.03M-8.2%
FY2022$1.12M-7.5%
FY2021$1.21M-6.0%
FY2020$1.29M-11.0%
FY2019$1.45M-10.5%
FY2018$1.62M-3.4%
FY2017$1.68M-18.8%
FY2016$2.06M-4.8%
FY2015$2.17M+20.1%
FY2014$1.8M-3.1%
FY2013$1.86Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$601K$144K+316.5%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$134K$143K-6.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.51M$900K+67.8%
Charges for Services$2.33M$1.93M+21.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$219K$195K+12.8%
Other Sources$658K$379K+73.6%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeitsn/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)$2.94M$674K+336.6%
Physical Environment$2.88M$1.87M+54.6%
Transportation$337K$301K+12.0%
Culture / Recreation$163K$141K+15.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$181K$469K-61.4%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Public Safetyn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a

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