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Welaka

Town, Putnam County. Population 824 (2025), +1.1% on the prior year, +15.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Welaka

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.48 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population824Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979824 high2025
Change since the prior year+1.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+15.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20207142020

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
2025824estimate+1.1%
2024815estimate+3.8%
2023785estimate+5.1%
2022747estimate+3.9%
2021719estimate+0.7%
2020714census-0.4%
2019717estimate+0.7%
2018712estimate-0.7%
2017717estimate0.0%
2016717estimate+0.7%
2015712estimate+0.1%
2014711estimate-0.6%
2013715estimate-0.3%
2012717estimate+1.8%
2011704estimate+0.4%
2010701census-4.2%
2009732estimate+0.1%
2008731estimate+13.2%
2007646estimate+3.5%
2006624estimate+1.8%
2005613estimate+2.2%
2004600estimate+2.7%
2003584estimate0.0%
2002584estimate+0.5%
2001581estimate-0.9%
2000586census-1.2%
1999593estimate-1.0%
1998599estimate+0.5%
1997596estimate-0.8%
1996601estimate+4.5%
1995575estimate+3.2%
1994557estimate+0.4%
1993555estimate+1.5%
1992547estimate+2.6%
1991533estimaten/a
1989574estimate+0.3%
1988572estimate+5.1%
1987544estimate+3.2%
1986527estimate+1.3%
1985520estimate+0.8%
1984516estimate+2.4%
1983504estimate0.0%
1982504estimate+1.8%
1981495estimaten/a
1979612estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Putnam County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Putnam County)29,865Aug 2026
Employment (Putnam County)28,198Aug 2026
Unemployed (Putnam County)1,667Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.2%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+1.5%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 202629,86528,1981,6675.6%
Jul 202629,48827,7831,7055.8%
Jun 202629,77928,0951,6845.7%
May 202629,77128,1221,6495.5%
Apr 202629,72828,0561,6725.6%
Mar 202629,52827,9101,6185.5%
Feb 202629,75227,9501,8026.1%
Jan 202629,51527,6401,8756.4%
Dec 202529,50627,8021,7045.8%
Nov 202529,76627,9141,8526.2%
Sep 202529,79128,2071,5845.3%
Aug 202529,41427,8731,5415.2%
Jul 202529,12627,6221,5045.2%
Jun 202529,29427,8551,4394.9%
May 202529,24127,9821,2594.3%
Apr 202529,06027,8451,2154.2%
Mar 202528,96227,7211,2414.3%
Feb 202528,78427,5331,2514.3%
Jan 202528,80027,5121,2884.5%
Dec 202428,77627,6351,1414.0%
Nov 202428,90927,6011,3084.5%
Oct 202429,17627,8961,2804.4%
Sep 202429,40328,1481,2554.3%
Aug 202429,45528,1011,3544.6%
Jul 202429,41128,0401,3714.7%
Jun 202429,04027,7851,2554.3%
May 202428,91327,8261,0873.8%
Apr 202428,92627,8941,0323.6%
Mar 202428,86427,7251,1393.9%
Feb 202428,77127,6031,1684.1%
Jan 202428,78127,6021,1794.1%
Dec 202328,77327,7121,0613.7%
Nov 202328,75827,6541,1043.8%
Oct 202329,13127,9511,1804.1%
Sep 202328,95127,7921,1594.0%
Aug 202328,90627,6861,2204.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202529,24927,8061,4434.9%
202429,03527,8211,2144.2%
202328,54727,4521,0953.8%
202227,80026,6711,1294.1%
202128,02326,3401,6836.0%
202026,81324,6282,1858.1%
201926,90925,7591,1504.3%
201827,12725,8201,3074.8%
201727,42425,9581,4665.3%
201627,53325,8081,7256.3%
201527,24125,1412,1007.7%
201427,81425,2902,5249.1%
201328,08925,0353,05410.9%
201228,74125,2283,51312.2%
201129,69825,8393,85913.0%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses18New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses6Aug 2026
Lodging licenses5Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses7Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)24Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+100.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month1Sep 2026

County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files, retrieved 2026-10-01; 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: Welaka, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32193.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)232023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)1442023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$5.18M2023

Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood6
5COPalcohol3
2APSalcohol2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging2
2COPalcohol1
5COP-SFSalcohol1
2002-MOTLlodging1
2003-NAPTlodging1
2006-CNDO-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: Welaka)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies2410
Florida profit corporations01
Florida non-profit corporations01
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32193: the ZIP codes whose Census internal point falls inside the city limits. A ZIP code crosses the limits, so this is a ZIP basis, not the city.

ZIP codeEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
3219323144$5.18M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months13Housing units permitted by month, Feb 2004 to Aug 2026Feb 200462 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+8.3%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$2.89MAug 2026
Units, latest month2Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months13Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table142025

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 2026220$445K
Jul 2026220$445K
Jun 2026110$222K
May 2026110$222K
Apr 2026110$222K
Mar 2026110$222K
Feb 2026110$222K
Jan 2026110$222K
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025110$222K
Oct 2025110$222K
Sep 2025110$222K
Aug 2025110$222K
Jul 2025110$222K
Jun 2025110$222K
May 2025110$222K
Apr 2025110$222K
Mar 2025110$236K
Feb 2025110$236K
Jan 2025110$236K
Dec 2024110$236K
Nov 2024110$236K
Oct 2024110$236K
Sep 2024110$236K
Aug 2024110$236K
Jul 2024110$236K
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024110$236K
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024330$760K
Feb 2024330$760K
Jan 2024330$760K
Dec 2023220$506K
Nov 2023220$506K
Oct 2023330$760K
Sep 2023330$760K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202514140$3.11M
202413130$2.89M
2023770$1.66M
202232320$8.1M
2021220$163K
2020220$163K
2019220$163K
2018220$163K
2017220$163K
2016220$163K
2015000$0
2014000$0
2013000$0
2008000$0
2007440$295K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$210M
Total taxable value (non school)$123M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$137M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-0.6%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+6.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$211M2025 final roll
New construction value$2.38M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,1822026 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 2010 block groups; 22% 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 months45Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$275KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$154M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$8.16M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$1.04M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$10.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$9.32M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$3M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$20.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$2.94M2026 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
Residential717$154M$103M$2.38M670+0.3%
Commercial21$8.16M$7.39M$0n/a+4.8%
Industrial4$1.04M$1.01M$0n/a+6.8%
Agricultural43$10.8M$1.56M$0n/a-17.0%
Vacant333$9.32M$7.38M$0n/a-2.6%
Institutional10$3M$516K$0n/a+1.0%
Government33$20.1M$1.61K$0n/a+0.2%
Other21$2.94M$1.66M$0n/a+5.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units812Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199085.0% high2024
Occupied units5792020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2332020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4662020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1132020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate80.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)32.8%2025
Cost burdened renter households83.7%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%)75.5%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units30Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.05K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$259K2024

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 less41422
All households30.01-50% AMI24867
All households50.01-80% AMI4563
All households80.01-120% AMI1763
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI18130
Renters30% AMI or less4013
Renters30.01-50% AMI4861
Renters50.01-80% AMI000
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI800
Owners30% AMI or less0149
Owners30.01-50% AMI2006
Owners50.01-80% AMI4563
Owners80.01-120% AMI1763
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI17330

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$48.8K2
1997$84.2K2
1998$62K6
1999$65K3
2000$35K3
2001$50K7
2002$126K4
2003$88.2K6
2004$200K4
2005$150K5
2006$85K4
2007$282K3
2008$153K4
2009$168K4
2010$150K5
2011$170K2
2012$103K6
2013$165K9
2014$109K4
2015$325K3

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Sugar Mill Woods570 3 AveWelaka3030

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$4.02KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$5.4K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$46.2KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$46.2KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+3.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$2.02KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$24.2KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$24.2KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+5.6%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$2.8MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+29.4%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.37MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+3.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$3.43KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$331KFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-21.7%FY2024

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$4.02K
Aug 2026$4.21K
Jul 2026$3.52K
Jun 2026$4.11K
May 2026$4.43K
Apr 2026$3.69K
Mar 2026$3.62K
Feb 2026$4.28K
Jan 2026$3.35K
Dec 2025$3.67K
Nov 2025$3.61K
Oct 2025$3.66K
Sep 2025$3.73K
Aug 2025$4.02K
Jul 2025$3.8K
Jun 2025$3.98K
May 2025$4.12K
Apr 2025$3.68K
Mar 2025$3.58K
Feb 2025$3.35K
Jan 2025$3.73K
Dec 2024$3.5K
Nov 2024$3.4K
Oct 2024$3.63K
Sep 2024$3.52K
Aug 2024$3.63K
Jul 2024$3.76K
Jun 2024$2.94K
May 2024$3.92K
Apr 2024$3.56K
Mar 2024$1.93K
Feb 2024$3.42K
Jan 2024$3.75K
Dec 2023$3.69K
Nov 2023$3.54K
Oct 2023$3.38K

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$2.02K
Aug 2026$2.02K
Jul 2026$2.02K
Jun 2026$1.97K
May 2026$1.97K
Apr 2026$1.97K
Mar 2026$1.97K
Feb 2026$1.97K
Jan 2026$1.97K
Dec 2025$2.09K
Nov 2025$2.09K
Oct 2025$2.09K
Sep 2025$2.15K
Aug 2025$2.15K
Jul 2025$2.15K
Jun 2025$1.79K
May 2025$1.79K
Apr 2025$1.79K
Mar 2025$1.79K
Feb 2025$1.79K
Jan 2025$1.79K
Dec 2024$1.79K
Nov 2024$1.95K
Oct 2024$1.95K
Sep 2024$1.95K
Aug 2024$1.95K
Jul 2024$1.95K
Jun 2024$1.95K
May 2024$1.95K
Apr 2024$1.95K
Mar 2024$1.95K
Feb 2024$1.95K
Jan 2024$1.95K
Dec 2023$1.95K
Nov 2023$1.95K
Oct 2023$1.95K

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
FY2024$331K-21.7%
FY2023$422K-17.2%
FY2022$510K-14.4%
FY2021$595K-12.2%
FY2020$678K-10.6%
FY2019$758K-9.4%
FY2018$837K-8.0%
FY2017$909K-4.7%
FY2016$954K-4.6%
FY2015$1M-4.2%
FY2014$1.04M-2.9%
FY2013$1.08Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$702K$614K+14.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$106K$88.8K+19.5%
Intergovernmental Revenues$807K$622K+29.7%
Charges for Services$980K$778K+26.0%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$2.42K$1.34K+81.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$59.4K$51K+16.6%
Other Sources$141K$6.94K+1929.3%
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)$632K$796K-20.6%
Public Safety$241K$230K+4.7%
Physical Environment$1.05M$1.01M+4.3%
Transportation$106K$131K-19.6%
Economic Environment$57.1K$28.4K+101.2%
Culture / Recreation$152K$92.7K+63.8%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$126Kn/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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