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Sopchoppy

City, Wakulla County. Population 465 (2025), -4.1% on the prior year, +9.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Sopchoppy

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.68 square miles of land.

Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 2025465BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 2026469Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979506 high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Wakulla County's growth rate of 1.63% a year, the annual rate in EDR's Demographic Estimating Conference county estimate for 2025 and medium projection for 2030, with the county's net new residents shared out to its places by their share of the county's net new residential units between the 2025 final and 2026 preliminary tax rolls.

Change since the prior year-4.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+9.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20204262020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Demographic Estimating Conference: Projections of Florida Population by County, with Estimates for the base year, retrieved 2026-10-04 | 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
2025465estimate-4.1%
2024485estimate+5.4%
2023460estimate+3.8%
2022443estimate+2.8%
2021431estimate+1.2%
2020426census-15.8%
2019506estimate+7.0%
2018473estimate+0.9%
2017469estimate+0.6%
2016466estimate+1.5%
2015459estimate+2.0%
2014450estimate0.0%
2013450estimate+0.4%
2012448estimate-2.0%
2011457estimate0.0%
2010457census+9.3%
2009418estimate-1.4%
2008424estimate+1.4%
2007418estimate+0.7%
2006415estimate+0.5%
2005413estimate-0.5%
2004415estimate+1.0%
2003411estimate-0.5%
2002413estimate+0.5%
2001411estimate-3.5%
2000426census-6.6%
1999456estimate0.0%
1998456estimate+7.8%
1997423estimate+9.9%
1996385estimate-1.0%
1995389estimate+0.5%
1994387estimate-2.8%
1993398estimate+2.3%
1992389estimate+1.6%
1991383estimaten/a
1989399estimate-1.7%
1988406estimate-0.5%
1987408estimate-1.4%
1986414estimate+0.7%
1985411estimate-1.7%
1984418estimate+4.5%
1983400estimate-6.8%
1982429estimate-3.4%
1981444estimaten/a
1979426estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Wakulla County)4.1%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20166.8% highAug 2026
Labor force (Wakulla County)17,910Aug 2026
Employment (Wakulla County)17,171Aug 2026
Unemployed (Wakulla County)739Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier3.7%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.5%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 202617,91017,1717394.1%
Jul 202617,78117,0287534.2%
Jun 202617,88017,1437374.1%
May 202617,75217,0287244.1%
Apr 202618,15317,4047494.1%
Mar 202618,13517,3987374.1%
Feb 202618,19017,4087824.3%
Jan 202618,02917,2098204.5%
Dec 202517,97117,2417304.1%
Nov 202518,14817,3537954.4%
Sep 202518,24417,5826623.6%
Aug 202517,81417,1506643.7%
Jul 202517,90617,2686383.6%
Jun 202517,83917,2415983.4%
May 202517,76017,2195413.0%
Apr 202518,22317,7055182.8%
Mar 202518,08017,5495312.9%
Feb 202518,09517,5485473.0%
Jan 202518,10917,5495603.1%
Dec 202417,92717,4374902.7%
Nov 202418,12517,5875383.0%
Oct 202418,41317,8845292.9%
Sep 202418,21117,6935182.8%
Aug 202417,81417,2605543.1%
Jul 202417,88817,3105783.2%
Jun 202417,72717,2035243.0%
May 202417,56717,1254422.5%
Apr 202417,99717,5784192.3%
Mar 202417,99117,5244672.6%
Feb 202417,97317,5084652.6%
Jan 202417,81317,3194942.8%
Dec 202317,53717,0834542.6%
Nov 202317,74317,2754682.6%
Oct 202317,91917,4284912.7%
Sep 202317,82517,3384872.7%
Aug 202317,38616,8755112.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202518,01717,4006173.4%
202417,95417,4525022.8%
202317,50817,0604482.6%
202216,80916,3924172.5%
202116,01015,5005103.2%
202015,45914,7686914.5%
201915,85715,4084492.8%
201815,50715,0334743.1%
201715,05314,5295243.5%
201614,90414,3115934.0%
201513,94313,2876564.7%
201414,21913,4527675.4%
201313,98813,1138756.3%
201214,00512,9461,0597.6%
201114,55113,3311,2208.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses4New licenses by month, Dec 2018 to Aug 2026Dec 20181 highAug 2026
Food service licenses1Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses3Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)50Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+56.2%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month1Sep 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: Sopchoppy, 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
2APSalcohol2
2COPalcohol1
2014-MFDVfood1

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: Sopchoppy)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies4729
Florida profit corporations32
Florida non-profit corporations01
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$132M
Total taxable value (non school)$58.5M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$66.2M2026 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$131M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.73M2026 preliminary
Parcels9122026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-04

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; 19% 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 months22Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$252KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$66.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$1.62M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$499K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$25.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$7.83M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$2.34M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$26.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$876K2026 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
Residential368$66.9M$42.6M$1.02M359-0.6%
Commercial10$1.62M$1.43M$4.55Kn/a-3.5%
Industrial5$499K$472K$1.34Kn/a-7.8%
Agricultural135$25.3M$6.29M$674Kn/a+5.2%
Vacant317$7.83M$6.78M$23.6Kn/a+0.2%
Institutional8$2.34M$176K$0n/a-1.4%
Government46$26.1M$9.31K$0n/a-0.2%
Other23$876K$808K$0n/a+9.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units282Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199085.0% high2024
Occupied units2082020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units742020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1762020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households322020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate84.6%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)21.6%2025
Cost burdened renter households49.1%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%)16.4%2025
Median gross rent$1.1K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$228K2024

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 less4020
All households30.01-50% AMI1590
All households50.01-80% AMI4490
All households80.01-120% AMI3504
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI6940
Renters30% AMI or less009
Renters30.01-50% AMI090
Renters50.01-80% AMI990
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1900
Owners30% AMI or less4011
Owners30.01-50% AMI1500
Owners50.01-80% AMI3500
Owners80.01-120% AMI3504
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI5040

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$80K1
1997n/an/a
1998$71K4
1999n/an/a
2000n/an/a
2001$250K1
2002$52.5K2
2003$53K3
2004$44.2K6
2005$97.2K4
2006$95K5
2007$134K4
2008$180K1
2009$73.5K4
2010$63.5K2
2011n/an/a
2012$55K4
2013$76K1
2014n/an/a
2015$155K1

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$2.25KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$2.52K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$17.2KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$17.2KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-18.4%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$2.88KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$34.7KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$34.7KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.3%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$4.32MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+59.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.76MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-1.9%FY2024
Revenues per resident$8.91KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.7MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+830.4%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$2.25K
Aug 2026$2.3K
Jul 2026$2.07K
Jun 2026$2.03K
May 2026$1.37K
Apr 2026$0.9K
Mar 2026$0.2K
Feb 2026$0.0K
Jan 2026$0.5K
Dec 2025$1.93K
Nov 2025$1.96K
Oct 2025$1.62K
Sep 2025$2.45K
Aug 2025$2.12K
Jul 2025$2.27K
Jun 2025$2.19K
May 2025$2.25K
Apr 2025$1.99K
Mar 2025$1.31K
Feb 2025$0.6K
Jan 2025$0.6K
Dec 2024$1.71K
Nov 2024$1.72K
Oct 2024$1.89K
Sep 2024$2K
Aug 2024$2.23K
Jul 2024$2.08K
Jun 2024$2.15K
May 2024$2.17K
Apr 2024$1.82K
Mar 2024$1.28K
Feb 2024$0.8K
Jan 2024$0.5K
Dec 2023$0.8K
Nov 2023$1.93K
Oct 2023$1.81K

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$2.88K
Aug 2026$2.88K
Jul 2026$2.88K
Jun 2026$2.89K
May 2026$2.89K
Apr 2026$2.89K
Mar 2026$2.89K
Feb 2026$2.89K
Jan 2026$2.89K
Dec 2025$2.9K
Nov 2025$2.9K
Oct 2025$2.9K
Sep 2025$2.91K
Aug 2025$2.91K
Jul 2025$2.91K
Jun 2025$2.88K
May 2025$2.88K
Apr 2025$2.88K
Mar 2025$2.88K
Feb 2025$2.88K
Jan 2025$2.88K
Dec 2024$2.88K
Nov 2024$2.89K
Oct 2024$2.89K
Sep 2024$2.89K
Aug 2024$2.89K
Jul 2024$2.89K
Jun 2024$2.9K
May 2024$2.9K
Apr 2024$2.9K
Mar 2024$2.9K
Feb 2024$2.9K
Jan 2024$2.9K
Dec 2023$2.9K
Nov 2023$2.9K
Oct 2023$2.9K

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$1.7M+830.4%
FY2024$182K-54.0%
FY2023$397K-34.6%
FY2022$606K-25.7%
FY2021$816K+16.0%
FY2020$704K-10.1%
FY2019$783K-8.9%
FY2018$860K-8.6%
FY2017$940K-7.7%
FY2016$1.02M-30.5%
FY2015$1.47M-6.5%
FY2014$1.57M-5.9%
FY2013$1.67Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$33.1K$31.6K+4.8%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$36.9K$36.5K+1.2%
Intergovernmental Revenues$572K$102K+459.8%
Charges for Services$3.44M$2.37M+45.6%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0.5K$0.5K+4.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$152K$97.4K+56.4%
Other Sources$80.4K$81.7K-1.6%
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)$87.3K$97.4K-10.5%
Physical Environment$2.14M$2.25M-4.7%
Transportation$21.9K$29.3K-25.1%
Culture / Recreation$429K$358K+19.9%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$80.4K$81.7K-1.6%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Public Safetyn/an/an/a

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