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Wewahitchka

City, Gulf County. Population 2,261 (2025), -1.4% on the prior year, +9.0% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Wewahitchka

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 6.7 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population2,261Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519792.3k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+9.0%2020 to 2025
Census 20202,0742020

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
20252,261estimate-1.4%
20242,292estimate+4.7%
20232,190estimate+0.1%
20222,188estimate+3.0%
20212,124estimate+2.4%
20202,074census+5.2%
20191,971estimate-3.9%
20182,052estimate+0.8%
20172,036estimate-3.3%
20162,105estimate-1.0%
20152,126estimate-1.4%
20142,156estimate+8.1%
20131,994estimate+0.9%
20121,977estimate+0.5%
20111,967estimate-0.7%
20101,981census+15.3%
20091,718estimate-0.2%
20081,721estimate+0.3%
20071,716estimate-12.0%
20061,949estimate+12.8%
20051,728estimate0.0%
20041,728estimate+0.1%
20031,726estimate+1.8%
20021,695estimate-2.7%
20011,742estimate+1.2%
20001,722census-12.9%
19991,978estimate+0.2%
19981,974estimate+0.8%
19971,958estimate+7.0%
19961,830estimate+0.5%
19951,821estimate-0.8%
19941,835estimate+1.6%
19931,806estimate+1.1%
19921,786estimate+0.8%
19911,772estimaten/a
19891,903estimate+2.6%
19881,855estimate+0.5%
19871,846estimate+1.4%
19861,820estimate+1.3%
19851,796estimate+0.2%
19841,793estimate-0.7%
19831,805estimate+2.3%
19821,765estimate+1.3%
19811,742estimaten/a
19792,080estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Gulf County)4.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201611.3% highAug 2026
Labor force (Gulf County)6,476Aug 2026
Employment (Gulf County)6,191Aug 2026
Unemployed (Gulf County)285Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.4%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 20266,4766,1912854.4%
Jul 20266,4736,1742994.6%
Jun 20266,4806,1822984.6%
May 20266,4216,1302914.5%
Apr 20266,4236,1292944.6%
Mar 20266,3196,0312884.6%
Feb 20266,3326,0063265.1%
Jan 20266,2535,9123415.5%
Dec 20256,2825,9743084.9%
Nov 20256,3225,9973255.1%
Sep 20256,3486,0662824.4%
Aug 20256,4526,1702824.4%
Jul 20256,5426,2632794.3%
Jun 20256,5116,2522594.0%
May 20256,4966,2612353.6%
Apr 20256,4426,2162263.5%
Mar 20256,3566,1252313.6%
Feb 20256,3226,0892333.7%
Jan 20256,2966,0662303.7%
Dec 20246,2756,0781973.1%
Nov 20246,3066,0922143.4%
Oct 20246,3756,1592163.4%
Sep 20246,3356,1112243.5%
Aug 20246,4666,2352313.6%
Jul 20246,5726,3402323.5%
Jun 20246,5066,2982083.2%
May 20246,4266,2281983.1%
Apr 20246,3626,1881742.7%
Mar 20246,4196,2211983.1%
Feb 20246,2526,0581943.1%
Jan 20246,1685,9642043.3%
Dec 20236,2496,0521973.2%
Nov 20236,2936,0961973.1%
Oct 20236,4346,2401943.0%
Sep 20236,4246,2102143.3%
Aug 20236,4086,1902183.4%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20256,3976,1342634.1%
20246,3726,1642083.3%
20236,3046,1201842.9%
20225,9755,7941813.0%
20215,7965,5722243.9%
20205,6015,2653366.0%
20195,4485,1712775.1%
20185,5295,2542755.0%
20175,6495,4112384.2%
20165,7085,4272814.9%
20155,9895,6713185.3%
20146,0885,7033856.3%
20136,1255,6924337.1%
20126,0425,5365068.4%
20116,2195,6106099.8%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses24New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses9Aug 2026
Lodging licenses3Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses12Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months5Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)92Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before0.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month4Sep 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: Wewahitchka, 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
2APSalcohol6
2010-SEATfood5
2014-MFDVfood4
2COPalcohol2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging2
1APSalcohol1
3DPSalcohol1
8COPalcohol1
8COP-SFSalcohol1
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: Wewahitchka)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies8188
Florida profit corporations10
Florida non-profit corporations103
Out of state entities registering in Florida01
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$262M
Total taxable value (non school)$101M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$130M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$256M2025 final roll
New construction value$2.65M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,8802026 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; 19% 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$177K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months34Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$175KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$143M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$14.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$604K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$48.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$20.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$9.69M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$22.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$3.18M2026 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
Residential901$143M$66.4M$2.27M941+3.8%
Commercial50$14.9M$11.6M$0n/a+5.5%
Industrial3$604K$559K$0n/a-11.6%
Agricultural87$48.1M$5.64M$119Kn/a+0.7%
Vacant758$20.5M$14.3M$177Kn/a+1.0%
Institutional22$9.69M$1.73K$0n/a-1.2%
Government45$22.3M$0$0.4Kn/a+1.6%
Other13$3.18M$2.05M$82.3Kn/a-9.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,093Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199080.0% high2024
Occupied units8132020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2802020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4692020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households3442020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate57.7%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)16.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households38.1%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%)14.7%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units24Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$225K2024

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 less561934
All households30.01-50% AMI1003718
All households50.01-80% AMI127155
All households80.01-120% AMI92240
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI38300
Renters30% AMI or less381924
Renters30.01-50% AMI742413
Renters50.01-80% AMI3155
Renters80.01-120% AMI10190
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2400
Owners30% AMI or less18010
Owners30.01-50% AMI26135
Owners50.01-80% AMI96100
Owners80.01-120% AMI8250
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI35900

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$27.5K14
1997$52.5K15
1998$41K13
1999$36.8K8
2000$50.5K12
2001$56.8K14
2002$47.5K12
2003$60.6K14
2004$79.8K26
2005$125K36
2006$143K30
2007$135K20
2008$108K12
2009$102K10
2010$85.5K14
2011$92.5K10
2012$75K22
2013$68.8K12
2014$104K8
2015$97K18

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Moss Creek Apts.126 AMY CIRCLEWewahitchka2424

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$32.7KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$32.7K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$206KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$206KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-2.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$11.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$139KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$139KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+3.6%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$5.49MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+47.2%FY2024
Total expenditures$3.59MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+0.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.39KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.35MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-5.8%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$32.7K
Aug 2026$28.1K
Jul 2026$24.4K
Jun 2026$20.7K
May 2026$21.4K
Apr 2026$15.7K
Mar 2026$6.91K
Feb 2026$4.53K
Jan 2026$5.64K
Dec 2025$16.3K
Nov 2025$12.4K
Oct 2025$17.4K
Sep 2025$28.1K
Aug 2025$29.9K
Jul 2025$24K
Jun 2025$23.2K
May 2025$19.2K
Apr 2025$13.1K
Mar 2025$4.54K
Feb 2025$10.8K
Jan 2025$12K
Dec 2024$12.7K
Nov 2024$13.9K
Oct 2024$19.5K
Sep 2024$31.4K
Aug 2024$30.2K
Jul 2024$25.7K
Jun 2024$21.2K
May 2024$23.2K
Apr 2024$16.2K
Mar 2024$14.3K
Feb 2024$14.5K
Jan 2024$5.56K
Dec 2023$11.3K
Nov 2023$14.9K
Oct 2023$17.6K

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$11.2K
Aug 2026$11.2K
Jul 2026$11.2K
Jun 2026$11.4K
May 2026$11.4K
Apr 2026$11.4K
Mar 2026$11.4K
Feb 2026$11.4K
Jan 2026$11.4K
Dec 2025$12.2K
Nov 2025$12.2K
Oct 2025$12.2K
Sep 2025$12.5K
Aug 2025$12.5K
Jul 2025$12.5K
Jun 2025$10.5K
May 2025$10.5K
Apr 2025$10.5K
Mar 2025$10.5K
Feb 2025$10.5K
Jan 2025$10.5K
Dec 2024$10.5K
Nov 2024$11.5K
Oct 2024$11.5K
Sep 2024$11.5K
Aug 2024$11.5K
Jul 2024$11.5K
Jun 2024$11.9K
May 2024$11.9K
Apr 2024$11.9K
Mar 2024$11.9K
Feb 2024$11.9K
Jan 2024$11.9K
Dec 2023$11.9K
Nov 2023$11.9K
Oct 2023$11.9K

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$1.35M-5.8%
FY2024$1.43M-8.7%
FY2023$1.57M-1.6%
FY2022$1.59M-3.5%
FY2021$1.65M-6.2%
FY2020$1.76M-3.3%
FY2019$1.82M-0.9%
FY2018$1.84M+3.6%
FY2017$1.77M-5.6%
FY2016$1.88M-5.9%
FY2015$2M-4.2%
FY2014$2.08M+5.6%
FY2013$1.97Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$864K$767K+12.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$10.5K$41.6K-74.8%
Intergovernmental Revenues$1.43M$1.45M-1.8%
Charges for Services$1.4M$1.42M-1.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$1.01M$46.6K+2065.7%
Other Sources$778Kn/an/a
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)$671K$809K-17.0%
Public Safety$910K$71.8K+1167.1%
Physical Environment$1.3M$1.96M-33.8%
Transportation$527K$565K-6.6%
Human Services$22.3K$16.6K+34.3%
Culture / Recreation$115K$150K-23.2%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$48.7Kn/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$72.4MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$72.4M high2026
Change on a year earlier+13.8%June 30, 2026
Change, real+10.3%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 Wewahitchka.

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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
Centennial BankWewahitchka Branch125 N Highway 71Wewahitchka$72.4M

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