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Milton

City, Santa Rosa County. Population 10,527 (2025), +2.2% on the prior year, +3.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Milton

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 5.73 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population10,527Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197910.6k high2025
Change since the prior year+2.2%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+3.2%2020 to 2025
Census 202010,1972020

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
202510,527estimate+2.2%
202410,300estimate+1.8%
202310,120estimate-0.3%
202210,154estimate-0.1%
202110,160estimate-0.4%
202010,197census-3.4%
201910,551estimate+3.6%
201810,186estimate+0.6%
201710,130estimate+0.9%
201610,038estimate+6.5%
20159,425estimate+1.2%
20149,316estimate+1.4%
20139,187estimate+0.5%
20129,139estimate+0.3%
20119,115estimate+3.3%
20108,826census+10.6%
20097,979estimate+0.1%
20087,971estimate+3.3%
20077,717estimate+0.4%
20067,689estimate+2.3%
20057,519estimate+0.1%
20047,512estimate+3.1%
20037,288estimate+0.8%
20027,231estimate+0.7%
20017,179estimate+1.9%
20007,045census-11.2%
19997,930estimate+2.7%
19987,722estimate+0.7%
19977,665estimate+1.7%
19967,534estimate+0.3%
19957,511estimate-0.8%
19947,568estimate+1.6%
19937,451estimate-0.2%
19927,466estimate+2.1%
19917,309estimaten/a
19897,282estimate+0.2%
19887,266estimate+0.7%
19877,219estimate-1.0%
19867,290estimate+1.6%
19857,175estimate-1.1%
19847,254estimate-0.4%
19837,282estimate+0.7%
19827,230estimate-0.7%
19817,280estimaten/a
19797,755estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Santa Rosa County)4.8%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.5% highAug 2026
Labor force (Santa Rosa County)91,775Aug 2026
Employment (Santa Rosa County)87,379Aug 2026
Unemployed (Santa Rosa County)4,396Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.6%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 202691,77587,3794,3964.8%
Jul 202692,07387,4884,5855.0%
Jun 202692,26887,8254,4434.8%
May 202691,67387,4714,2024.6%
Apr 202691,80087,4694,3314.7%
Mar 202691,55087,3234,2274.6%
Feb 202691,75987,1124,6475.1%
Jan 202691,08686,2964,7905.3%
Dec 202590,90386,5804,3234.8%
Nov 202591,79287,0014,7915.2%
Sep 202592,52788,5573,9704.3%
Aug 202592,28988,2784,0114.3%
Jul 202592,76888,8243,9444.3%
Jun 202592,11088,3713,7394.1%
May 202591,64888,3583,2903.6%
Apr 202591,35988,2593,1003.4%
Mar 202591,32188,0993,2223.5%
Feb 202590,40887,1413,2673.6%
Jan 202590,61387,2583,3553.7%
Dec 202489,75686,8062,9503.3%
Nov 202490,24986,9393,3103.7%
Oct 202491,88488,6583,2263.5%
Sep 202491,89388,6853,2083.5%
Aug 202492,22288,7533,4693.8%
Jul 202492,83089,2963,5343.8%
Jun 202492,06488,7213,3433.6%
May 202491,08088,3192,7613.0%
Apr 202491,09088,5442,5462.8%
Mar 202491,02988,1892,8403.1%
Feb 202490,04087,1532,8873.2%
Jan 202489,91986,9722,9473.3%
Dec 202389,41086,8242,5862.9%
Nov 202390,30887,5482,7603.1%
Oct 202391,53688,6592,8773.1%
Sep 202392,14789,3512,7963.0%
Aug 202392,21089,2522,9583.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202591,61287,8843,7284.1%
202491,17188,0863,0853.4%
202390,63088,0162,6142.9%
202287,99085,5412,4492.8%
202184,73981,6503,0893.6%
202081,72577,2714,4545.4%
201982,05479,5482,5063.1%
201879,70676,9712,7353.4%
201777,31374,2373,0764.0%
201675,04371,6113,4324.6%
201573,88070,2743,6064.9%
201472,67768,5384,1395.7%
201372,59067,7264,8646.7%
201272,06766,4435,6247.8%
201172,41366,0686,3458.8%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$405.7M

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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$216M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$342M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error4.5%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$28.9M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$47.6M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error0.5%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$216M$342M$357M4.5%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$28.9M$47.6M$47.4M0.5%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses140New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses68Aug 2026
Lodging licenses20Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses52Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months17Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)1,785Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+17.4%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month120Sep 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: Milton, 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
2010-SEATfood50
2APSalcohol28
2003-NAPTlodging13
2014-MFDVfood10
2COPalcohol10
4COP-SFSalcohol7
2010-NOSTfood4
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging4
1APSalcohol3
3PSalcohol2
2014-HTDGfood2
2015-VENDfood2
2001-HOTLlodging2
11Calcohol1
2COP-SFSalcohol1
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: Milton)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies1,6421,409
Florida profit corporations5861
Florida non-profit corporations7144
Out of state entities registering in Florida125
Partnerships, trusts and other filings22

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.01B
Total taxable value (non school)$570M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$677M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+4.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$964M2025 final roll
New construction value$20.9M2026 preliminary
Parcels4,8192026 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; 73% 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$153K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months108Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$215KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$674M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$144M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$16.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$9.16M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$29.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$38.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$85.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$7.9M2026 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
Residential3,560$674M$412M$18.9M4,287+3.2%
Commercial268$144M$117M$1.9Mn/a+9.4%
Industrial25$16.7M$12.5M$65.4Kn/a+4.8%
Agricultural28$9.16M$1.65M$66Kn/a+8.1%
Vacant716$29.6M$19.7M$2.7Kn/a+12.9%
Institutional64$38.8M$3.98M$0.7Kn/a+0.4%
Government120$85.9M$0.0K$2.79Kn/a+3.6%
Other39$7.9M$3.45M$48.7Kn/a+4.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units5,179Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199057.0% high2024
Occupied units4,7222020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units4572020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,4962020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,2262020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate52.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)19.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households24.5%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%)11.6%2025
Assisted housing developments8Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units417Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.46K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$240K2024

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 less6524201
All households30.01-50% AMI219139138
All households50.01-80% AMI33822423
All households80.01-120% AMI458550
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI2,343160
Renters30% AMI or less6524102
Renters30.01-50% AMI82118106
Renters50.01-80% AMI1066112
Renters80.01-120% AMI147290
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1,027120
Owners30% AMI or less0099
Owners30.01-50% AMI1372132
Owners50.01-80% AMI23216311
Owners80.01-120% AMI311260
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,31640

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$60K114
1997$60K101
1998$72.3K125
1999$82K148
2000$85.9K129
2001$89.9K121
2002$93K173
2003$105K230
2004$104K172
2005$136K235
2006$155K222
2007$141K120
2008$125K118
2009$115K78
2010$115K79
2011$129K88
2012$130K93
2013$124K112
2014$125K124
2015$124K147

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Carter Crossing6208 Berryhill RoadMilton9393
Tranquility at Milton4946 Lambert LaneMilton7272
Regency Arms Apts199 MILLER ROADMilton5353
Astor Village5194 Astor Vlg StMilton5050
Oakwood Apartments6585 BROCK AVENUEMilton4444
Country Haven Apts6151-A COUNTRY HAVEN CIRCLEMilton4343
Parkwood Manor5676 Byrom StMilton3938
Scenic View Apts Ltd4950 GLOVER LANEMilton2424

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$60.2KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$70.9K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$606KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$606KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$39.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$478KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$478KSep 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$49.5MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+13.7%FY2024
Total expenditures$37.7MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+13.5%FY2024
Revenues per resident$4.81KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.16MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-71.0%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$60.2K
Aug 2026$57.2K
Jul 2026$52.7K
Jun 2026$54.5K
May 2026$57K
Apr 2026$45.5K
Mar 2026$43.6K
Feb 2026$49.7K
Jan 2026$42.3K
Dec 2025$47.3K
Nov 2025$49.7K
Oct 2025$46.4K
Sep 2025$62.1K
Aug 2025$62.1K
Jul 2025$55.4K
Jun 2025$58K
May 2025$56K
Apr 2025$49.9K
Mar 2025$42.3K
Feb 2025$46.4K
Jan 2025$47.3K
Dec 2024$50.2K
Nov 2024$49.1K
Oct 2024$51.8K
Sep 2024$57K
Aug 2024$62.9K
Jul 2024$56.6K
Jun 2024$55.6K
May 2024$59.4K
Apr 2024$49.9K
Mar 2024$45.5K
Feb 2024$54.1K
Jan 2024$47.7K
Dec 2023$52.2K
Nov 2023$54.3K
Oct 2023$53.1K

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$39.8K
Aug 2026$39.8K
Jul 2026$39.8K
Jun 2026$39K
May 2026$39K
Apr 2026$39K
Mar 2026$39K
Feb 2026$39K
Jan 2026$39K
Dec 2025$41.5K
Nov 2025$41.5K
Oct 2025$41.5K
Sep 2025$42.7K
Aug 2025$42.7K
Jul 2025$42.7K
Jun 2025$36.6K
May 2025$36.6K
Apr 2025$36.6K
Mar 2025$36.6K
Feb 2025$36.6K
Jan 2025$36.6K
Dec 2024$36.6K
Nov 2024$40.1K
Oct 2024$40.1K
Sep 2024$40.1K
Aug 2024$40.1K
Jul 2024$40.1K
Jun 2024$41.8K
May 2024$41.8K
Apr 2024$41.8K
Mar 2024$41.8K
Feb 2024$41.8K
Jan 2024$41.8K
Dec 2023$41.8K
Nov 2023$41.8K
Oct 2023$41.8K

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$1.16M-71.0%
FY2024$4.01M-16.5%
FY2023$4.8M-13.9%
FY2022$5.58M-1.7%
FY2021$5.67M-10.5%
FY2020$6.34M-9.3%
FY2019$6.98M+22.3%
FY2018$5.71M-7.1%
FY2017$6.15M-12.6%
FY2016$7.04M-11.0%
FY2015$7.91M-8.8%
FY2014$8.67M-47.0%
FY2013$16.3Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$3.96M$3.55M+11.5%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$2.24M$3.91M-42.6%
Intergovernmental Revenues$4.82M$4.5M+7.3%
Charges for Services$20.7M$19.2M+7.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$15.6K$19.4K-19.7%
Miscellaneous Revenues$11.5M$7.6M+51.3%
Other Sources$6.25M$4.75M+31.5%
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)$7.44M$6.27M+18.6%
Public Safety$5.3M$5.49M-3.4%
Physical Environment$13.8M$12.3M+11.6%
Transportation$2.36M$1.77M+33.2%
Economic Environment$165K$248K-33.5%
Culture / Recreation$2.54M$2.35M+8.2%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$6.1M$4.74M+28.6%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$401MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$416M high2026
Change on a year earlier+3.4%June 30, 2026
Change, real+0.2%June 30, 2026
Branches4June 30, 2026
Institutions4June 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

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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
Regions BankMilton Branch6650 Caroline StMilton$122M
SouthState Bank, National AssociationMilton Branch6512 Caroline StMilton$116M
United BankBerryhill Road Branch5907 Berryhill RdMilton$102M
Truist BankMilton Branch5224 Stewart StMilton$62.1M

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