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Williston

City, Levy County. Population 3,170 (2025), -1.1% on the prior year, +6.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Williston

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 6.83 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population3,170Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519793.3k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+6.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20202,9762020

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
20253,170estimate-1.1%
20243,205estimate-2.8%
20233,297estimate+6.9%
20223,085estimate+1.4%
20213,041estimate+2.2%
20202,976census+2.9%
20192,893estimate-1.7%
20182,943estimate+1.6%
20172,898estimate+4.0%
20162,786estimate-2.2%
20152,848estimate+1.2%
20142,815estimate+0.8%
20132,793estimate+0.9%
20122,768estimate+0.1%
20112,765estimate-0.1%
20102,768census+5.2%
20092,630estimate+2.1%
20082,577estimate+0.8%
20072,557estimate+5.4%
20062,425estimate-0.2%
20052,429estimate+4.4%
20042,327estimate+1.0%
20032,304estimate+0.6%
20022,290estimate0.0%
20012,289estimate-0.3%
20002,297census-3.2%
19992,374estimate+3.8%
19982,288estimate+0.8%
19972,270estimate0.0%
19962,269estimate+0.5%
19952,258estimate+1.2%
19942,232estimate+0.2%
19932,227estimate+1.3%
19922,198estimate0.0%
19912,197estimaten/a
19892,421estimate-1.9%
19882,468estimate+1.3%
19872,436estimate-0.4%
19862,447estimate+1.5%
19852,410estimate+1.9%
19842,366estimate+3.3%
19832,290estimate-2.4%
19822,347estimate+2.5%
19812,290estimaten/a
19792,106estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Levy County)5.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Levy County)18,784Aug 2026
Employment (Levy County)17,766Aug 2026
Unemployed (Levy County)1,018Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.1%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 202618,78417,7661,0185.4%
Jul 202618,80817,7581,0505.6%
Jun 202618,86217,8201,0425.5%
May 202619,01317,9991,0145.3%
Apr 202619,39518,3581,0375.3%
Mar 202619,32218,3141,0085.2%
Feb 202619,38218,2791,1035.7%
Jan 202619,17518,0301,1456.0%
Dec 202519,23818,2251,0135.3%
Nov 202519,35218,2391,1135.8%
Sep 202519,45918,5229374.8%
Aug 202518,76817,8149545.1%
Jul 202518,84617,9389084.8%
Jun 202518,77717,9138644.6%
May 202518,90218,1287744.1%
Apr 202519,36518,6257403.8%
Mar 202519,30618,5367704.0%
Feb 202519,28818,5007884.1%
Jan 202519,10518,2988074.2%
Dec 202419,12718,3897383.9%
Nov 202419,21718,3938244.3%
Oct 202419,42518,5778484.4%
Sep 202419,46018,6897714.0%
Aug 202418,79117,9758164.3%
Jul 202418,88118,0618204.3%
Jun 202418,79018,0227684.1%
May 202418,73218,0466863.7%
Apr 202419,19118,5306613.4%
Mar 202418,90118,2126893.6%
Feb 202419,13018,4446863.6%
Jan 202419,02318,2937303.8%
Dec 202318,69418,0526423.4%
Nov 202318,94018,2556853.6%
Oct 202319,14918,4437063.7%
Sep 202319,24618,4947523.9%
Aug 202318,61917,8617584.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202519,12818,2498794.6%
202419,05618,3037534.0%
202318,81618,1686483.4%
202218,28117,6456363.5%
202117,77516,9767994.5%
202017,10716,0551,0526.1%
201917,51416,8676473.7%
201817,21316,5366773.9%
201717,10216,3357674.5%
201617,10616,2258815.2%
201516,43015,4719595.8%
201416,20915,0541,1557.1%
201316,24514,8581,3878.5%
201216,60715,0071,6009.6%
201116,92015,0491,87111.1%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$144.8M

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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$84.6M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$119M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error37.2%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$7.61M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$15.2M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error12.7%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$84.6M$119M$163M37.2%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$7.61M$15.2M$13.2M12.7%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 37% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses73New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses41Aug 2026
Lodging licenses9Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses23Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months14Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)261Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+4.8%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month14Sep 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: Williston, 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
2APSalcohol17
2010-SEATfood17
2014-MFDVfood12
2COPalcohol5
2010-NOSTfood5
2003-NAPTlodging4
2013-CATRfood3
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging3
2014-HTDGfood2
2015-VENDfood2
3CPSalcohol1
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging1
2007-DWEL-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: Williston)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies236223
Florida profit corporations1616
Florida non-profit corporations89
Out of state entities registering in Florida11
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months17Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200944 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+70.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$1MAug 2026
Units, latest month2Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months1Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months6Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table72025

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 2026200$150K
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026110$150K
Apr 20261406$700K
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025220$185K
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025400$300K
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025110$150K
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024110$80K
Sep 2024220$320K
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024220$380K
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023110$110K
Sep 2023330$731K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025730$635K
2024550$780K
202382820$17.7M
202227270$6.35M
2021440$782K
202016160$2.78M
2019770$1.09M
2018770$1.2M
2017660$1.03M
2016550$858K
2015440$686K
2014440$686K
2013000$0
2012000$0
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$413M
Total taxable value (non school)$205M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$234M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$402M2025 final roll
New construction value$4.73M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,1802026 preliminary

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; 44% 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$193K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months50Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$225KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$227M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$42.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$8.57M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$90M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$14.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$18.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$9.89M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.87M2026 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
Residential1,190$227M$117M$4.18M1,335+3.5%
Commercial114$42.6M$39.7M$6.26Kn/a+2.9%
Industrial23$8.57M$8.24M$0n/a+14.3%
Agricultural195$90M$21.9M$536Kn/a+2.3%
Vacant544$14.4M$12.8M$3.7Kn/a+1.2%
Institutional47$18.6M$3.16M$0n/a-3.5%
Government58$9.89M$0$0n/a+1.6%
Other9$1.87M$1.42M$0n/a-25.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,101Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199072.0% high2024
Occupied units1,0542020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units472020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households7592020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2952020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate72.0%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)32.2%2025
Cost burdened renter households52.0%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%)30.3%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units125Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.0K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$290K2024

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 less5571
All households30.01-50% AMI424470
All households50.01-80% AMI86780
All households80.01-120% AMI70315
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI628900
Renters30% AMI or less5066
Renters30.01-50% AMI52965
Renters50.01-80% AMI18600
Renters80.01-120% AMI4250
RentersGreater than 120% AMI13800
Owners30% AMI or less055
Owners30.01-50% AMI37155
Owners50.01-80% AMI68180
Owners80.01-120% AMI28265
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI490900

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996n/an/a
1997n/an/a
1998$62.5K8
1999$68.2K22
2000$67K129
2001$70K126
2002$117K1
2003$92.5K38
2004$113K188
2005$138K490
2006$155K382
2007$150K217
2008$125K19
2009$145K21
2010$125K10
2011$63.4K12
2012$54K11
2013$80K19
2014$124K20
2015$95K17

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Arbours At Williston13 SW 8th PlaceWilliston7272
Williston Arms I816 N Main StreetWilliston2929
Williston Arms II75 NW WILLISTON ARMS DR..Williston2424

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$15.2KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$20.4K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$202KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$202KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-9.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$12.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$152KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$152KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-2.9%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$26.1MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+41.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$22.9MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+36.8%FY2024
Revenues per resident$8.15KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$6.6MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+473.7%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$15.2K
Aug 2026$14.8K
Jul 2026$14K
Jun 2026$14.7K
May 2026$19K
Apr 2026$17.6K
Mar 2026$18.9K
Feb 2026$18.4K
Jan 2026$13.2K
Dec 2025$19.2K
Nov 2025$19.5K
Oct 2025$17.3K
Sep 2025$20.2K
Aug 2025$20.4K
Jul 2025$19.2K
Jun 2025$19.9K
May 2025$19.8K
Apr 2025$18.1K
Mar 2025$17.3K
Feb 2025$17.9K
Jan 2025$18K
Dec 2024$19.4K
Nov 2024$15.9K
Oct 2024$17.7K
Sep 2024$17.1K
Aug 2024$17.6K
Jul 2024$17K
Jun 2024$17.6K
May 2024$19.3K
Apr 2024$16.9K
Mar 2024$16.7K
Feb 2024$17.9K
Jan 2024$17K
Dec 2023$18.1K
Nov 2023$18.3K
Oct 2023$16.8K

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$12.2K
Aug 2026$12.2K
Jul 2026$12.2K
Jun 2026$12.6K
May 2026$12.6K
Apr 2026$12.6K
Mar 2026$12.6K
Feb 2026$12.6K
Jan 2026$12.6K
Dec 2025$13.4K
Nov 2025$13.4K
Oct 2025$13.4K
Sep 2025$13.8K
Aug 2025$13.8K
Jul 2025$13.8K
Jun 2025$12.5K
May 2025$12.5K
Apr 2025$12.5K
Mar 2025$12.5K
Feb 2025$12.5K
Jan 2025$12.5K
Dec 2024$12.5K
Nov 2024$13.8K
Oct 2024$13.8K
Sep 2024$13.8K
Aug 2024$13.8K
Jul 2024$13.8K
Jun 2024$12.8K
May 2024$12.8K
Apr 2024$12.8K
Mar 2024$12.8K
Feb 2024$12.8K
Jan 2024$12.8K
Dec 2023$12.8K
Nov 2023$12.8K
Oct 2023$12.8K

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$6.6M+473.7%
FY2024$1.15M+7.0%
FY2023$1.08M+1.8%
FY2022$1.06M-5.2%
FY2021$1.11M-6.0%
FY2020$1.19M-5.5%
FY2019$1.25M+143.2%
FY2018$515K+223.1%
FY2017$160K-39.9%
FY2016$265K+15.2%
FY2015$230K-25.4%
FY2014$309K-28.2%
FY2013$430Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$2.44M$1.77M+37.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$221K$614K-64.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$7.45M$4.22M+76.6%
Charges for Services$10.7M$8.56M+25.0%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$27.2K$12.8K+112.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$3.07M$1.46M+109.9%
Other Sources$2.21M$1.81M+22.1%
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)$2.41M$1.58M+52.9%
Public Safety$3.05M$3M+1.7%
Physical Environment$7.48M$6.6M+13.3%
Transportation$7.43M$3.22M+131.1%
Economic Environment$167K$525K-68.2%
Human Services$187K$79.8K+134.3%
Culture / Recreation$41.1K$38.9K+5.8%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$2.12M$1.7M+24.6%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$214MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$217M high2026
Change on a year earlier-1.1%June 30, 2026
Change, real-4.1%June 30, 2026
Branches3June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 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 Williston.

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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
Seacoast National BankWilliston - Nobel Ave Branch342 E Noble AveWilliston$181M
Capital City BankWilliston Branch144 E Noble AveWilliston$33.5M
Seacoast National BankWilliston - 7Th Street Branch120 Sw 7th StWilliston$0

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