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Flagler Beach

City, Flagler County (also Volusia). Population 5,731 (2025), +1.9% on the prior year, +11.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Flagler Beach

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 3.55 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population5,731Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519795.7k high2025
Change since the prior year+1.9%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+11.1%2020 to 2025
Census 20205,1602020

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
20255,731estimate+1.9%
20245,622estimate+6.3%
20235,288estimate+0.6%
20225,254estimate+0.9%
20215,205estimate+0.9%
20205,160census+8.0%
20194,779estimate+1.1%
20184,726estimate+0.9%
20174,685estimate+0.9%
20164,642estimate+1.7%
20154,563estimate+0.9%
20144,522estimate+0.3%
20134,510estimate+0.6%
20124,482estimate-0.5%
20114,504estimate+0.4%
20104,484census-19.3%
20095,554estimate+0.6%
20085,520estimate+0.8%
20075,477estimate-1.0%
20065,533estimate+0.4%
20055,510estimate+0.4%
20045,487estimate+1.4%
20035,411estimate-0.1%
20025,415estimate+6.2%
20015,097estimate+2.9%
20004,954census+9.1%
19994,541estimate+2.0%
19984,450estimate+4.8%
19974,246estimate+0.5%
19964,225estimate+1.2%
19954,175estimate+1.8%
19944,103estimate+1.8%
19934,031estimate+1.1%
19923,986estimate+1.9%
19913,912estimaten/a
19893,565estimate+4.3%
19883,418estimate+5.3%
19873,246estimate+5.6%
19863,075estimate+5.2%
19852,923estimate+8.3%
19842,699estimate+4.6%
19832,581estimate+4.8%
19822,462estimate+5.6%
19812,331estimaten/a
19791,921estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Flagler County)5.5%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.0% highAug 2026
Labor force (Flagler County)56,551Aug 2026
Employment (Flagler County)53,435Aug 2026
Unemployed (Flagler County)3,116Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.2%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 202656,55153,4353,1165.5%
Jul 202656,36553,2313,1345.6%
Jun 202656,58053,4693,1115.5%
May 202656,62953,6023,0275.3%
Apr 202656,47253,3703,1025.5%
Mar 202656,29753,2893,0085.3%
Feb 202656,50253,2293,2735.8%
Jan 202656,00252,6243,3786.0%
Dec 202556,06753,0323,0355.4%
Nov 202556,32852,9983,3305.9%
Sep 202556,57453,6122,9625.2%
Aug 202556,33153,4162,9155.2%
Jul 202556,17153,3642,8075.0%
Jun 202556,27353,6142,6594.7%
May 202556,11353,7522,3614.2%
Apr 202556,05053,7872,2634.0%
Mar 202555,95753,7152,2424.0%
Feb 202555,87953,5042,3754.3%
Jan 202555,75653,3052,4514.4%
Dec 202455,38953,3132,0763.7%
Nov 202455,46753,1642,3034.2%
Oct 202455,95553,6192,3364.2%
Sep 202456,44354,0632,3804.2%
Aug 202456,46453,9942,4704.4%
Jul 202456,53254,0072,5254.5%
Jun 202456,15553,8712,2844.1%
May 202456,04054,0441,9963.6%
Apr 202455,93854,0421,8963.4%
Mar 202456,18754,1951,9923.5%
Feb 202456,09853,9652,1333.8%
Jan 202455,56353,3622,2014.0%
Dec 202354,42652,4871,9393.6%
Nov 202354,69152,6482,0433.7%
Oct 202355,29253,1392,1533.9%
Sep 202355,40853,1752,2334.0%
Aug 202355,23352,9612,2724.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202556,13753,4642,6734.8%
202456,01953,8032,2164.0%
202354,55252,5821,9703.6%
202252,18950,4001,7893.4%
202149,48847,1542,3344.7%
202047,04243,3763,6667.8%
201947,74445,9081,8363.8%
201846,78344,8521,9314.1%
201746,09243,8882,2044.8%
201645,34142,8522,4895.5%
201543,62940,8612,7686.3%
201442,98939,7083,2817.6%
201343,78839,9593,8298.7%
201241,84737,5744,27310.2%
201141,81336,9814,83211.6%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses209New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses48Aug 2026
Lodging licenses113Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses48Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months8Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)200Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+9.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month9Sep 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: Flagler Beach, 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
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging48
2010-SEATfood47
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging36
2COPalcohol17
4COP-SFSalcohol14
2APSalcohol9
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging9
4COPalcohol4
2003-NAPTlodging4
2003-TAPTlodging4
2002-MOTLlodging3
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging3
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging2
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging2
11CGalcohol1
2COP-SFSalcohol1
3PSalcohol1
4COP-Salcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1
2001-HOTLlodging1
2005-BNBlodging1

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: Flagler Beach)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies180153
Florida profit corporations1217
Florida non-profit corporations67
Out of state entities registering in Florida26
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months52Housing units permitted by month, Jun 2002 to Aug 2026Jun 2002242 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-27.8%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$24.8MAug 2026
Units, latest month4Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months50Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table602025

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 2026440$1.01M
Jul 2026310$359K
Jun 2026440$1.6M
May 2026550$3.46M
Apr 2026440$1.7M
Mar 2026660$3.91M
Feb 2026220$733K
Jan 2026330$1.34M
Dec 202511110$4.92M
Nov 2025330$1.38M
Oct 2025330$2.59M
Sep 2025440$1.85M
Aug 2025110$366K
Jul 2025440$1.66M
Jun 2025330$1.15M
May 2025660$3.56M
Apr 2025440$1.36M
Mar 2025990$3.86M
Feb 2025220$1.18M
Jan 202510100$5.14M
Dec 202415150$6.61M
Nov 2024440$1.7M
Oct 2024770$3.21M
Sep 2024770$3.58M
Aug 2024440$2.74M
Jul 2024550$3.28M
Jun 2024440$2.38M
May 2024330$3M
Apr 202410100$3.87M
Mar 2024770$3.18M
Feb 202413130$4.6M
Jan 2024330$2.9M
Dec 2023220$1.48M
Nov 2023220$1.16M
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023220$1.66M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202560600$29M
202482820$41M
202326260$22.7M
202227131240$55M
202141410$19.4M
202040400$16.5M
201936360$13.6M
201832320$14.8M
201734340$13.5M
201635350$10.6M
201535350$7.9M
201426260$7.77M
201324240$6.95M
201213130$2.79M
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.86B
Total taxable value (non school)$1.37B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$1.45B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-1.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+4.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$1.9B2025 final roll
New construction value$49.5M2026 preliminary
Parcels4,7092026 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; 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$461K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months203Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$465KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$1.58B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$90M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$9.34M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$5.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$143M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$21.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$17.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$583K2026 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
Residential3,552$1.58B$1.14B$38.8M3,418-2.4%
Commercial106$90M$82.6M$10.6Mn/a+18.2%
Industrial4$9.34M$9.19M$0n/a+16.6%
Agricultural6$5.6M$515K$0n/a-0.7%
Vacant840$143M$131M$0n/a-7.7%
Institutional7$21.4M$96.2K$0n/a-0.6%
Government180$17.5M$648K$0n/a-0.2%
Other13$583K$357K$0n/a-1.6%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units3,697Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199083.0% high2024
Occupied units2,6382020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,0592020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,2002020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households4382020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate83.4%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)37.0%2025
Cost burdened renter households54.3%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%)27.0%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units43Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.46K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$487K2024

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 less4150200
All households30.01-50% AMI173142
All households50.01-80% AMI201272177
All households80.01-120% AMI1097074
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,49114532
Renters30% AMI or less3612112
Renters30.01-50% AMI1205
Renters50.01-80% AMI14311255
Renters80.01-120% AMI0250
RentersGreater than 120% AMI100250
Owners30% AMI or less53888
Owners30.01-50% AMI53137
Owners50.01-80% AMI58160122
Owners80.01-120% AMI1094574
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,39112032

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$95K51
1997$85.5K70
1998$95.5K101
1999$115K107
2000$126K132
2001$154K101
2002$171K133
2003$215K129
2004$260K166
2005$350K138
2006$319K73
2007$292K42
2008$265K56
2009$229K36
2010$176K39
2011$169K68
2012$200K74
2013$200K106
2014$225K98
2015$285K120

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Pinecreek Place2501 Leslie StreetFlagler Beach4343

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$20.1KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$23.5K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$221KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$221KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-2.4%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$12.3KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$151KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$151KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+3.7%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$28.1MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+15.2%FY2024
Total expenditures$18.7MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+4.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$4.31MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+61.6%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$20.1K
Aug 2026$19.9K
Jul 2026$18K
Jun 2026$19.3K
May 2026$21.4K
Apr 2026$17.5K
Mar 2026$16.9K
Feb 2026$20K
Jan 2026$18.4K
Dec 2025$16.9K
Nov 2025$17.1K
Oct 2025$15.5K
Sep 2025$20.6K
Aug 2025$19.7K
Jul 2025$19.1K
Jun 2025$20.8K
May 2025$21K
Apr 2025$18.9K
Mar 2025$16.6K
Feb 2025$19.3K
Jan 2025$19.6K
Dec 2024$16.8K
Nov 2024$16.8K
Oct 2024$16.9K
Sep 2024$19.4K
Aug 2024$20K
Jul 2024$20.3K
Jun 2024$21.3K
May 2024$22.1K
Apr 2024$19.2K
Mar 2024$18.1K
Feb 2024$21.2K
Jan 2024$19.7K
Dec 2023$18.6K
Nov 2023$18.1K
Oct 2023$18.2K

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$12.3K
Aug 2026$12.3K
Jul 2026$12.3K
Jun 2026$12.4K
May 2026$12.4K
Apr 2026$12.4K
Mar 2026$12.4K
Feb 2026$12.4K
Jan 2026$12.4K
Dec 2025$13.2K
Nov 2025$13.2K
Oct 2025$13.2K
Sep 2025$13.6K
Aug 2025$13.6K
Jul 2025$13.6K
Jun 2025$11.4K
May 2025$11.4K
Apr 2025$11.4K
Mar 2025$11.4K
Feb 2025$11.4K
Jan 2025$11.4K
Dec 2024$11.4K
Nov 2024$12.5K
Oct 2024$12.5K
Sep 2024$12.5K
Aug 2024$12.5K
Jul 2024$12.5K
Jun 2024$12.6K
May 2024$12.6K
Apr 2024$12.6K
Mar 2024$12.6K
Feb 2024$12.6K
Jan 2024$12.6K
Dec 2023$12.6K
Nov 2023$12.6K
Oct 2023$12.6K

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
FY2025$4.31M+61.6%
FY2024$2.66M-21.2%
FY2023$3.38M-5.9%
FY2022$3.59M-20.6%
FY2021$4.52M-9.0%
FY2020$4.97M-9.8%
FY2019$5.51M-11.8%
FY2018$6.24M+13.5%
FY2017$5.5M-21.3%
FY2016$6.99M-5.2%
FY2015$7.37M-5.0%
FY2014$7.76M-6.2%
FY2013$8.28Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$7.3M$6.68M+9.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$1.89M$1.63M+16.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.18M$3.57M-11.0%
Charges for Services$9.28M$8.5M+9.1%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$176K$160K+10.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$5.3M$3.86M+37.4%
Other Sources$1M$4.12K+24229.5%
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)$3.67M$4.51M-18.7%
Public Safety$5.47M$4.73M+15.7%
Physical Environment$7.46M$7.33M+1.8%
Transportation$293K$368K-20.3%
Culture / Recreation$856K$1.05M-18.8%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$1Mn/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$130MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$216M high2026
Change on a year earlier-3.1%June 30, 2026
Change, real-6.1%June 30, 2026
Branches1June 30, 2026
Institutions1June 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 Flagler Beach.

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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 BankFlagler Beach Branch2410 Moody BlvdFlagler Beach$130M

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