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Laurel Hill

City, Okaloosa County. Population 746 (2025), +8.9% on the prior year, +27.7% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Laurel Hill

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 4.21 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population746Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979746 high2025
Change since the prior year+8.9%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+27.7%2020 to 2025
Census 20205842020

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
2025746estimate+8.9%
2024685estimate+4.1%
2023658estimate+4.9%
2022627estimate+0.5%
2021624estimate+6.8%
2020584census+1.0%
2019578estimate+4.9%
2018551estimate0.0%
2017551estimate+2.2%
2016539estimate+0.9%
2015534estimate+0.6%
2014531estimate+2.1%
2013520estimate-1.7%
2012529estimate+0.4%
2011527estimate-1.9%
2010537census-12.8%
2009616estimate+0.2%
2008615estimate-2.5%
2007631estimate+8.6%
2006581estimate-1.5%
2005590estimate+3.7%
2004569estimate+2.7%
2003554estimate+0.5%
2002551estimate+0.4%
2001549estimate0.0%
2000549census-8.5%
1999600estimate-1.0%
1998606estimate-1.3%
1997614estimate+2.3%
1996600estimate+2.7%
1995584estimate+4.3%
1994560estimate-4.6%
1993587estimate+13.8%
1992516estimate-2.6%
1991530estimaten/a
1989663estimate-2.6%
1988681estimate-0.1%
1987682estimate+2.6%
1986665estimate-1.2%
1985673estimate+1.2%
1984665estimate+13.5%
1983586estimate-1.5%
1982595estimate-2.5%
1981610estimaten/a
1979566estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Okaloosa County)4.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.7% highAug 2026
Labor force (Okaloosa County)101,762Aug 2026
Employment (Okaloosa County)97,323Aug 2026
Unemployed (Okaloosa County)4,439Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.0%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.3%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 2026101,76297,3234,4394.4%
Jul 2026101,80197,2214,5804.5%
Jun 2026102,05697,5474,5094.4%
May 2026101,12696,8064,3204.3%
Apr 2026100,63696,1684,4684.4%
Mar 2026100,18995,8754,3144.3%
Feb 202699,10794,2964,8114.9%
Jan 202698,19293,2724,9205.0%
Dec 202598,55494,1524,4024.5%
Nov 202599,25194,3584,8934.9%
Sep 2025100,84796,7224,1254.1%
Aug 2025102,07097,9604,1104.0%
Jul 2025103,32599,3373,9883.9%
Jun 2025102,43398,6723,7613.7%
May 2025100,95897,5873,3713.3%
Apr 2025100,07796,8903,1873.2%
Mar 202599,81696,5243,2923.3%
Feb 202597,68794,2993,3883.5%
Jan 202597,88594,3503,5353.6%
Dec 202497,62994,6003,0293.1%
Nov 202498,32294,9303,3923.4%
Oct 2024100,94397,6553,2883.3%
Sep 2024101,32798,0763,2513.2%
Aug 2024102,57699,0673,5093.4%
Jul 2024104,147100,5543,5933.4%
Jun 2024102,76699,4303,3363.2%
May 2024101,30198,4732,8282.8%
Apr 2024100,11997,5032,6162.6%
Mar 202499,91397,0782,8352.8%
Feb 202497,47594,5282,9473.0%
Jan 202497,02093,9333,0873.2%
Dec 202398,07695,4042,6722.7%
Nov 202399,25096,3592,8912.9%
Oct 2023100,92397,9153,0083.0%
Sep 2023102,01499,0532,9612.9%
Aug 2023103,167100,1103,0573.0%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025100,26496,4413,8233.8%
2024100,29597,1523,1433.1%
2023100,87598,1772,6982.7%
202299,64897,0732,5752.6%
202197,34893,9133,4353.5%
202094,12588,6955,4305.8%
201995,24792,5962,6512.8%
201894,28391,3862,8973.1%
201793,45490,1463,3083.5%
201692,80689,0273,7794.1%
201591,62787,4384,1894.6%
201491,49186,5914,9005.4%
201391,55786,0765,4816.0%
201290,67784,3626,3157.0%
201190,58683,3897,1977.9%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses5New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses1Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses3Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)107Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+9.2%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: Laurel Hill, 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
2APSalcohol3
2010-SEATfood1
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging1

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: Laurel Hill)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies10286
Florida profit corporations09
Florida non-profit corporations43
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$99.1M
Total taxable value (non school)$48.2M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$53.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+5.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+9.6%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$93.6M2025 final roll
New construction value$3.65M2026 preliminary
Parcels6882026 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; 58% 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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Qualified sales, last 12 months0Jun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$44.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$936K2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$550K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$43.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$3.97M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$799K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$1.43M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$2.64M2026 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
Residential238$44.8M$26.1M$2.44M258+7.8%
Commercial5$936K$929K$0n/a+6.7%
Industrial2$550K$502K$0n/a+207.2%
Agricultural255$43.9M$14.7M$959Kn/a+2.7%
Vacant145$3.97M$3.77M$7.16Kn/a+18.3%
Institutional7$799K$1.06K$111Kn/a+21.5%
Government11$1.43M$0$0n/a+4.2%
Other26$2.64M$2.13M$131Kn/a-6.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units237Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199088.0% high2024
Occupied units1682020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units692020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1472020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households212020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate87.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)22.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households21.4%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%)21.4%2025
Median gross rent$0.7K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$238K2024

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 less6622
All households30.01-50% AMI19136
All households50.01-80% AMI56220
All households80.01-120% AMI4100
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI11300
Renters30% AMI or less006
Renters30.01-50% AMI606
Renters50.01-80% AMI1200
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI2600
Owners30% AMI or less6616
Owners30.01-50% AMI13130
Owners50.01-80% AMI44220
Owners80.01-120% AMI4100
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI8700

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$34.2K2
1997$42K2
1998$32.9K8
1999$45K1
2000$48K5
2001$32.1K4
2002$32.5K1
2003$64.6K3
2004$81.5K6
2005$100K10
2006$70K5
2007$109K4
2008$135K2
2009$70.2K6
2010$63.3K2
2011$142K2
2012$118K4
2013$136K2
2014$56.5K2
2015$139K6

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$8.46KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$8.46K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$75.4KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$75.4KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-0.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.78KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$44.9KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$44.9KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+5.0%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$931KFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-24.7%FY2024
Total expenditures$672KFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-2.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.36KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$171KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-12.2%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$8.46K
Aug 2026$8.28K
Jul 2026$7.17K
Jun 2026$6.63K
May 2026$6.83K
Apr 2026$5.26K
Mar 2026$4.88K
Feb 2026$5.32K
Jan 2026$4.71K
Dec 2025$5.71K
Nov 2025$5.93K
Oct 2025$6.19K
Sep 2025$8.35K
Aug 2025$8.37K
Jul 2025$7.21K
Jun 2025$6.93K
May 2025$6.61K
Apr 2025$5.2K
Mar 2025$4.63K
Feb 2025$5.29K
Jan 2025$5.15K
Dec 2024$6.01K
Nov 2024$5.85K
Oct 2024$6.45K
Sep 2024$8.19K
Aug 2024$7.89K
Jul 2024$6.86K
Jun 2024$6.12K
May 2024$6.8K
Apr 2024$5.04K
Mar 2024$4.47K
Feb 2024$5.36K
Jan 2024$5.01K
Dec 2023$5.81K
Nov 2023$6.15K
Oct 2023$6.44K

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$3.78K
Aug 2026$3.78K
Jul 2026$3.78K
Jun 2026$3.65K
May 2026$3.65K
Apr 2026$3.65K
Mar 2026$3.65K
Feb 2026$3.65K
Jan 2026$3.65K
Dec 2025$3.88K
Nov 2025$3.88K
Oct 2025$3.88K
Sep 2025$3.98K
Aug 2025$3.98K
Jul 2025$3.98K
Jun 2025$3.36K
May 2025$3.36K
Apr 2025$3.36K
Mar 2025$3.36K
Feb 2025$3.36K
Jan 2025$3.36K
Dec 2024$3.36K
Nov 2024$3.65K
Oct 2024$3.65K
Sep 2024$3.65K
Aug 2024$3.65K
Jul 2024$3.65K
Jun 2024$3.52K
May 2024$3.52K
Apr 2024$3.52K
Mar 2024$3.52K
Feb 2024$3.52K
Jan 2024$3.52K
Dec 2023$3.52K
Nov 2023$3.52K
Oct 2023$3.52K

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$171K-12.2%
FY2024$194K-10.4%
FY2023$217K-8.9%
FY2022$238K-7.9%
FY2021$258K-7.0%
FY2020$278K-6.2%
FY2019$296K-5.6%
FY2018$313K-5.0%
FY2017$330K-4.7%
FY2016$346K-6.2%
FY2015$369K-9.8%
FY2014$409K-11.8%
FY2013$464Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$181K$172K+4.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$27.3K$27.8K-1.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$202K$569K-64.4%
Charges for Services$469K$424K+10.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$52.5K$43.6K+20.3%
Other Sourcesn/an/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)$317K$249K+27.5%
Public Safety$6.62K$10.8K-38.9%
Physical Environment$332K$327K+1.5%
Transportation$15.5K$47.5K-67.4%
Culture / Recreation$1.1K$55.1K-98.0%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a

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