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Westville

Town, Holmes County. Population 266 (2025), -1.1% on the prior year, +1.9% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Westville

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 7.22 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population266Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979412 high2025
Change since the prior year-1.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+1.9%2020 to 2025
Census 20202612020

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
2025266estimate-1.1%
2024269estimate-8.2%
2023293estimate+4.3%
2022281estimate+2.2%
2021275estimate+5.4%
2020261census-36.7%
2019412estimate+44.1%
2018286estimate-1.7%
2017291estimate-3.3%
2016301estimate+0.7%
2015299estimate-4.5%
2014313estimate+4.3%
2013300estimate+1.0%
2012297estimate+1.0%
2011294estimate+1.7%
2010289census+34.4%
2009215estimate+0.9%
2008213estimate-4.9%
2007224estimate-0.9%
2006226estimate-3.4%
2005234estimate+3.5%
2004226estimate+8.7%
2003208estimate-1.4%
2002211estimate-0.9%
2001213estimate-3.6%
2000221census-31.8%
1999324estimate+2.9%
1998315estimate+6.1%
1997297estimate+1.7%
1996292estimate+3.2%
1995283estimate+2.5%
1994276estimate+4.9%
1993263estimate-1.5%
1992267estimate+1.5%
1991263estimaten/a
1989294estimate-14.3%
1988343estimate0.0%
1987343estimate-12.3%
1986391estimate+6.5%
1985367estimate+1.1%
1984363estimate+4.6%
1983347estimate-3.3%
1982359estimate0.0%
1981359estimaten/a
1979365estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Holmes County)4.8%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20168.0% highAug 2026
Labor force (Holmes County)7,867Aug 2026
Employment (Holmes County)7,487Aug 2026
Unemployed (Holmes County)380Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.4%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.1%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 20267,8677,4873804.8%
Jul 20267,7997,4113885.0%
Jun 20267,8647,4863784.8%
May 20267,8767,5033734.7%
Apr 20267,8407,4473935.0%
Mar 20267,8237,4393844.9%
Feb 20267,7567,3424145.3%
Jan 20267,7107,2814295.6%
Dec 20257,7877,4203674.7%
Nov 20257,7987,3824165.3%
Sep 20257,8897,5413484.4%
Aug 20257,8747,5243504.4%
Jul 20257,8817,5323494.4%
Jun 20257,8967,5673294.2%
May 20257,8937,6072863.6%
Apr 20257,8767,6092673.4%
Mar 20257,8207,5282923.7%
Feb 20257,7317,4362953.8%
Jan 20257,7427,4283144.1%
Dec 20247,7797,5052743.5%
Nov 20247,8317,5243073.9%
Oct 20247,9087,6142943.7%
Sep 20247,9137,6103033.8%
Aug 20247,9397,6133264.1%
Jul 20247,9107,5873234.1%
Jun 20247,9067,6112953.7%
May 20247,8287,5952333.0%
Apr 20247,8047,5842202.8%
Mar 20247,8787,6282503.2%
Feb 20247,7717,5172543.3%
Jan 20247,7027,4412613.4%
Dec 20237,7177,4912262.9%
Nov 20237,7257,4842413.1%
Oct 20237,8197,5712483.2%
Sep 20237,9547,7072473.1%
Aug 20237,8897,6362533.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20257,8357,5073284.2%
20247,8477,5692783.5%
20237,7877,5612262.9%
20227,5897,3702192.9%
20217,5027,2102923.9%
20207,3366,9463905.3%
20197,4717,2242473.3%
20187,4837,2092743.7%
20177,4857,1623234.3%
20167,3657,0043614.9%
20156,6856,2704156.2%
20146,8246,3294957.3%
20136,9746,4005748.2%
20127,1126,4616519.2%
20117,1756,45671910.0%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses2New licenses by month, Jun 2018 to Aug 2026Jun 20181 highAug 2026
Food service licenses0Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses1Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)67Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+45.7%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month3Sep 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: Westville, 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
2APSalcohol1
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging1

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: Westville)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies6441
Florida profit corporations14
Florida non-profit corporations11
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units133Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199090.0% high2024
Occupied units1112020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units222020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1002020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households112020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate90.1%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)18.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households39.3%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%)39.3%2025
Median gross rent$0.7K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$44K2024

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 less6014
All households30.01-50% AMI630
All households50.01-80% AMI1200
All households80.01-120% AMI330
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI6100
Renters30% AMI or less0011
Renters30.01-50% AMI000
Renters50.01-80% AMI600
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1100
Owners30% AMI or less603
Owners30.01-50% AMI630
Owners50.01-80% AMI600
Owners80.01-120% AMI330
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI5000

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$45K2
1997n/an/a
1998$25K6
1999$30K2
2000$61.2K4
2001$58K1
2002$56K1
2003$76K1
2004n/an/a
2005$95K2
2006n/an/a
2007$24.9K3
2008$50K2
2009$56K1
2010$60K1
2011n/an/a
2012$44K1
2013n/an/a
2014$43K1
2015n/an/a

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$1KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$1.65K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$8.3KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$8.3KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-11.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$1.14KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$18.4KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$18.4KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-17.7%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$164KFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-23.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$224KFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-5.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$0.6KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$0FY2025

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$1K
Aug 2026$0.5K
Jul 2026$0.6K
Jun 2026$0.8K
May 2026$0.8K
Apr 2026$0.7K
Mar 2026$0.7K
Feb 2026$0.6K
Jan 2026$0.5K
Dec 2025$0.6K
Nov 2025$0.8K
Oct 2025$0.6K
Sep 2025$1.0K
Aug 2025$0.7K
Jul 2025$0.9K
Jun 2025$0.8K
May 2025$0.9K
Apr 2025$0.6K
Mar 2025$0.8K
Feb 2025$0.7K
Jan 2025$0.7K
Dec 2024$0.9K
Nov 2024$0.8K
Oct 2024$0.7K
Sep 2024$0.8K
Aug 2024$0.7K
Jul 2024$0.8K
Jun 2024$0.9K
May 2024$0.8K
Apr 2024$0.6K
Mar 2024$0.8K
Feb 2024$0.8K
Jan 2024$0.7K
Dec 2023$0.8K
Nov 2023$0.6K
Oct 2023$0.8K

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$1.14K
Aug 2026$1.14K
Jul 2026$1.14K
Jun 2026$1.63K
May 2026$1.63K
Apr 2026$1.63K
Mar 2026$1.63K
Feb 2026$1.63K
Jan 2026$1.63K
Dec 2025$1.74K
Nov 2025$1.74K
Oct 2025$1.74K
Sep 2025$1.79K
Aug 2025$1.79K
Jul 2025$1.79K
Jun 2025$1.85K
May 2025$1.85K
Apr 2025$1.85K
Mar 2025$1.85K
Feb 2025$1.85K
Jan 2025$1.85K
Dec 2024$1.85K
Nov 2024$2.04K
Oct 2024$2.04K
Sep 2024$2.04K
Aug 2024$2.04K
Jul 2024$2.04K
Jun 2024$1.68K
May 2024$1.68K
Apr 2024$1.68K
Mar 2024$1.68K
Feb 2024$1.68K
Jan 2024$1.68K
Dec 2023$1.68K
Nov 2023$1.68K
Oct 2023$1.68K

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$0n/a
FY2024$0n/a
FY2023$0n/a
FY2022$0n/a
FY2021$0n/a
FY2020$0n/a
FY2019$0n/a
FY2018$0-100.0%
FY2017$46K+39.4%
FY2016$33K-13.2%
FY2015$38K-53.6%
FY2014$81.9K+95.0%
FY2013$42Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$6.96K$8.29K-16.1%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$12.6K$11.7K+7.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$64.9K$59.2K+9.5%
Charges for Services$49.7K$47.7K+4.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$14.1K$10.9K+29.5%
Other Sources$15.9K$75.6K-78.9%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/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)$132K$133K-0.5%
Public Safety$0.8K$1.06K-25.0%
Physical Environment$75K$77.9K-3.7%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$15.9K$25K-36.4%
Transportationn/an/an/a
Culture / Recreationn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a

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