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Hillcrest Heights

Town, Polk County. Population 242 (2025), +3.4% on the prior year, -0.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Hillcrest Heights

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 0.16 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population242Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979268 high2025
Change since the prior year+3.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-0.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20202432020

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
2025242estimate+3.4%
2024234estimate-2.5%
2023240estimate-1.2%
2022243estimate-2.4%
2021249estimate+2.5%
2020243census-5.1%
2019256estimate+1.2%
2018253estimate-0.8%
2017255estimate+1.2%
2016252estimate-0.8%
2015254estimate+0.8%
2014252estimate+0.8%
2013250estimate0.0%
2012250estimate+0.8%
2011248estimate-2.4%
2010254census+0.8%
2009252estimate-1.6%
2008256estimate-2.3%
2007262estimate0.0%
2006262estimate+0.8%
2005260estimate-2.3%
2004266estimate+0.8%
2003264estimate-1.5%
2002268estimate+0.8%
2001266estimate0.0%
2000266census+14.2%
1999233estimate-1.7%
1998237estimate0.0%
1997237estimate+0.9%
1996235estimate0.0%
1995235estimate+2.2%
1994230estimate+4.5%
1993220estimate-0.5%
1992221estimate+0.9%
1991219estimaten/a
1989213estimate+2.4%
1988208estimate+3.0%
1987202estimate-1.5%
1986205estimate+2.5%
1985200estimate+2.6%
1984195estimate+3.2%
1983189estimate+5.6%
1982179estimate-3.8%
1981186estimaten/a
1979170estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Polk County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201617.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Polk County)364,197Aug 2026
Employment (Polk County)343,756Aug 2026
Unemployed (Polk County)20,441Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.8%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 2026364,197343,75620,4415.6%
Jul 2026362,522341,41321,1095.8%
Jun 2026364,274343,47820,7965.7%
May 2026363,558343,57619,9825.5%
Apr 2026364,145343,85420,2915.6%
Mar 2026362,888343,28519,6035.4%
Feb 2026363,155342,11021,0455.8%
Jan 2026361,659339,79521,8646.0%
Dec 2025363,620343,70019,9205.5%
Nov 2025364,310342,70521,6055.9%
Sep 2025364,322345,52918,7935.2%
Aug 2025361,457342,33819,1195.3%
Jul 2025360,017341,49518,5225.1%
Jun 2025360,223342,53717,6864.9%
May 2025358,677342,94815,7294.4%
Apr 2025359,401344,73714,6644.1%
Mar 2025359,494344,32715,1674.2%
Feb 2025357,482342,30215,1804.2%
Jan 2025358,495342,73315,7624.4%
Dec 2024358,224344,05314,1714.0%
Nov 2024358,198342,42315,7754.4%
Oct 2024358,684343,09615,5884.3%
Sep 2024361,678345,66716,0114.4%
Aug 2024360,421342,88917,5324.9%
Jul 2024359,181341,85317,3284.8%
Jun 2024358,500342,03216,4684.6%
May 2024355,735341,95413,7813.9%
Apr 2024355,965343,23312,7323.6%
Mar 2024357,145343,50913,6363.8%
Feb 2024355,198341,45213,7463.9%
Jan 2024355,708341,35814,3504.0%
Dec 2023354,901341,89913,0023.7%
Nov 2023356,901343,19413,7073.8%
Oct 2023357,867343,56214,3054.0%
Sep 2023359,253345,17714,0763.9%
Aug 2023357,640342,62115,0194.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025360,682343,21417,4684.8%
2024357,886342,79315,0934.2%
2023354,607341,61112,9963.7%
2022345,008332,65612,3523.6%
2021335,175317,18617,9895.4%
2020324,916294,93729,9799.2%
2019312,351300,85811,4933.7%
2018304,709292,29412,4154.1%
2017299,416285,42013,9964.7%
2016294,128278,23215,8965.4%
2015279,675261,82217,8536.4%
2014276,988256,26120,7277.5%
2013277,216253,37323,8438.6%
2012275,040247,66427,37610.0%
2011276,095244,51331,58211.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses1
Food service licenses0Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses0Aug 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

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
2001-HOTLlodging1

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$30.3M
Total taxable value (non school)$18M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$19.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+6.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$29.7M2025 final roll
New construction value$394K2026 preliminary
Parcels1312026 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; 59% 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$19.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$1.59M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$6.02K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$5.48M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$1.43M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$726K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$499K2026 preliminary
Just value, other$881K2026 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
Residential61$19.7M$13.6M$314K67+3.0%
Commercial1$1.59M$1.33M$0n/a+3.9%
Industrial0$6.02K$5.25K$0n/a+0.8%
Agricultural19$5.48M$1.02M$0.3Kn/a-4.6%
Vacant30$1.43M$1.19M$0.2Kn/a+5.4%
Institutional0$726K$0$5.83Kn/a-1.7%
Government2$499K$0$73.5Kn/a+8.7%
Other17$881K$828K$0n/a+22.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units149Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199097.0% high2024
Occupied units1322020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units172020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1282020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households42020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate97.0%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)12.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households25.0%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%)0.0%2025
Median single family sale price$262K2024

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 less000
All households30.01-50% AMI400
All households50.01-80% AMI990
All households80.01-120% AMI500
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI5902
Renters30% AMI or less000
Renters30.01-50% AMI400
Renters50.01-80% AMI440
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI400
Owners30% AMI or less000
Owners30.01-50% AMI000
Owners50.01-80% AMI550
Owners80.01-120% AMI500
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI5502

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$72.5K8
1997$90.2K6
1998$81.6K6
1999$87K7
2000$82.2K8
2001$89K2
2002$87.5K5
2003$118K4
2004$130K11
2005$146K6
2006$120K4
2007$184K4
2008n/an/a
2009n/an/a
2010$200K1
2011$180K3
2012$69.5K4
2013$40K1
2014$71K2
2015$134K4

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$1.38KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$1.94K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$16.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$16.5KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-9.8%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$0.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$9.28KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$9.28KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-0.5%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$82.5KFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-29.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$83.1KFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-23.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$0.4KFY2024
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$1.38K
Aug 2026$1.35K
Jul 2026$1.35K
Jun 2026$1.42K
May 2026$1.51K
Apr 2026$1.4K
Mar 2026$1.35K
Feb 2026$1.48K
Jan 2026$1.29K
Dec 2025$1.37K
Nov 2025$1.32K
Oct 2025$1.28K
Sep 2025$1.54K
Aug 2025$1.49K
Jul 2025$1.55K
Jun 2025$1.64K
May 2025$1.69K
Apr 2025$1.63K
Mar 2025$1.47K
Feb 2025$1.61K
Jan 2025$1.47K
Dec 2024$1.48K
Nov 2024$1.35K
Oct 2024$1.38K
Sep 2024$1.57K
Aug 2024$1.53K
Jul 2024$1.6K
Jun 2024$1.68K
May 2024$1.78K
Apr 2024$1.71K
Mar 2024$1.58K
Feb 2024$1.73K
Jan 2024$1.56K
Dec 2023$1.61K
Nov 2023$1.57K
Oct 2023$1.62K

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

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$0n/a
FY2024$0n/a
FY2023$0n/a
FY2022$0n/a
FY2021$0n/a
FY2020$0n/a
FY2019$0n/a
FY2018$0n/a
FY2017$0n/a
FY2016$0n/a
FY2015$0n/a
FY2014$0n/a
FY2013$0n/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$30.1K$34.4K-12.4%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$15.5K$18K-14.1%
Intergovernmental Revenues$31.9K$29.6K+7.8%
Charges for Services$3.6K$29K-87.6%
Miscellaneous Revenues$1.35K$5.28K-74.4%
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)$83.1K$108K-23.4%

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