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County, Florida. Population 20,042 (2025), -0.1% on the prior year, +2.0% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Holmes CountyBonifay (city), population 2,809Esto (town), population 336Noma (town), population 220Ponce de Leon (town), population 500Westville (town), population 266

Click a city to open its page. Filled shapes are cities, towns and villages; hatched shapes are census designated places with a spending estimate. Boundaries: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing.

Cities

Every city, town and village in Holmes County, with its latest BEBR population. A place in two counties is listed in both and its page sits under its principal county.

Population

2025
Population20,042Population, April 1, 1972 to 2025197220.2k high2025
Change since the prior year-0.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+2.0%2020 to 2025
Census 202019,6532020

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
202520,042estimate-0.1%
202420,059estimate+0.7%
202319,910estimate+0.6%
202219,784estimate+0.6%
202119,665estimate+0.1%
202019,653census-2.0%
201920,049estimate-0.4%
201820,133estimate-0.4%
201720,210estimate+1.0%
201620,003estimate+0.5%
201519,902estimate-0.6%
201420,025estimate0.0%
201320,022estimate+0.2%
201219,984estimate+0.4%
201119,901estimate-0.1%
201019,927census+0.4%
200919,857estimate+0.5%
200819,757estimate+1.5%
200719,464estimate-0.2%
200619,502estimate+1.8%
200519,157estimate+0.8%
200419,012estimate+0.4%
200318,940estimate+1.2%
200218,708estimate0.0%
200118,714estimate+0.8%
200018,564census-1.8%
199918,899estimate+5.3%
199817,949estimate+1.9%
199717,609estimate+1.1%
199617,412estimate+0.2%
199517,385estimate+2.7%
199416,926estimate+3.6%
199316,331estimate+0.9%
199216,188estimate+1.2%
199116,000estimate+1.4%
199015,778census-10.6%
198917,656estimate+4.3%
198816,936estimate+4.0%
198716,289estimate+0.6%
198616,188estimate+4.1%
198515,552estimate+1.3%
198415,356estimate+1.7%
198315,106estimate-1.4%
198215,319estimate+2.4%
198114,953estimate+1.6%
198014,723census+4.7%
197914,061estimate+0.6%
197813,978estimate+0.5%
197713,914estimate+2.9%
197613,527estimate+8.1%
197512,518estimate+1.9%
197412,283estimate+4.0%
197311,813estimate+1.8%
197211,600estimaten/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate4.8%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20168.0% highAug 2026
Labor force7,867Aug 2026
Employment7,487Aug 2026
Unemployed380Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.4%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.1%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 20267,8677,4873804.8%
Jul 20267,7997,4113885.0%
Jun 20267,8647,4863784.8%
May 20267,8767,5033734.7%
Apr 20267,8407,4473935.0%
Mar 20267,8237,4393844.9%
Feb 20267,7567,3424145.3%
Jan 20267,7107,2814295.6%
Dec 20257,7877,4203674.7%
Nov 20257,7987,3824165.3%
Sep 20257,8897,5413484.4%
Aug 20257,8747,5243504.4%
Jul 20257,8817,5323494.4%
Jun 20257,8967,5673294.2%
May 20257,8937,6072863.6%
Apr 20257,8767,6092673.4%
Mar 20257,8207,5282923.7%
Feb 20257,7317,4362953.8%
Jan 20257,7427,4283144.1%
Dec 20247,7797,5052743.5%
Nov 20247,8317,5243073.9%
Oct 20247,9087,6142943.7%
Sep 20247,9137,6103033.8%
Aug 20247,9397,6133264.1%
Jul 20247,9107,5873234.1%
Jun 20247,9067,6112953.7%
May 20247,8287,5952333.0%
Apr 20247,8047,5842202.8%
Mar 20247,8787,6282503.2%
Feb 20247,7717,5172543.3%
Jan 20247,7027,4412613.4%
Dec 20237,7177,4912262.9%
Nov 20237,7257,4842413.1%
Oct 20237,8197,5712483.2%
Sep 20237,9547,7072473.1%
Aug 20237,8897,6362533.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20257,8357,5073284.2%
20247,8477,5692783.5%
20237,7877,5612262.9%
20227,5897,3702192.9%
20217,5027,2102923.9%
20207,3366,9463905.3%
20197,4717,2242473.3%
20187,4837,2092743.7%
20177,4857,1623234.3%
20167,3657,0043614.9%
20156,6856,2704156.2%
20146,8246,3294957.3%
20136,9746,4005748.2%
20127,1126,4616519.2%
20117,1756,45671910.0%

Tourist tax

Jan 2026
Collections, latest month$8.28KTourist tax collections by month, Feb 2016 to Jan 2026Feb 2016$17.9K highJan 2026
Change on the same month a year earlier-5.5%Jan 2026
Last 12 months$120KJan 2026
Fiscal year to date$35KFY2026 to Jan 2026

Florida Department of Revenue, Local Government Tax Distributions by County (Form 4), Tourist Development Tax, retrieved 2026-09-28 | Holmes County sales and visitor spending

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Monthly collections, last three years

MonthCollectionsChange
Jan 2026$8.28K-5.5%
Dec 2025$8.82K+10.4%
Nov 2025$8.04K-12.7%
Oct 2025$9.83K-20.2%
Sep 2025$8.27K-12.1%
Aug 2025$8.97K-11.6%
Jul 2025$12.7K-6.1%
Jun 2025$13K-9.1%
May 2025$12.5K+10.8%
Apr 2025$9.09K-8.4%
Mar 2025$11.4K+16.7%
Feb 2025$9.07K+0.2%
Jan 2025$8.76K-11.6%
Dec 2024$7.99K+0.4%
Nov 2024$9.21K+8.9%
Oct 2024$12.3K+27.2%
Sep 2024$9.4K+3.8%
Aug 2024$10.2K-8.7%
Jul 2024$13.5K+6.7%
Jun 2024$14.3K+11.2%
May 2024$11.3K-7.2%
Apr 2024$9.92K-6.3%
Mar 2024$9.73K-24.0%
Feb 2024$9.05K-6.3%
Jan 2024$9.91K+8.5%
Dec 2023$7.96K-20.3%
Nov 2023$8.46K+1.6%
Oct 2023$9.68K-24.2%
Sep 2023$9.06K+2.1%
Aug 2023$11.1K+3.7%
Jul 2023$12.7K-17.8%
Jun 2023$12.9K-26.4%
May 2023$12.1K-7.0%
Apr 2023$10.6K-8.7%
Mar 2023$12.8K+2.7%
Feb 2023$9.66K-5.5%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses93New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses25Aug 2026
Lodging licenses18Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses50Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months11Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months257Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+42.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month11Sep 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 Business patterns

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Establishments3002023
Employees, mid March2,1422023
Annual payroll$81M2023
Establishments, change on the year before+5.3%2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2APSalcohol36
2010-SEATfood19
2003-NAPTlodging10
3DPSalcohol6
2014-MFDVfood6
8COP-SFSalcohol4
2002-MOTLlodging4
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging4
2COPalcohol2
1APSalcohol1
1COPalcohol1

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

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies236167
Florida profit corporations118
Florida non-profit corporations86
Out of state entities registering in Florida20
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

By sector, 2023

County Business Patterns, NAICS sectors. Employment and payroll withheld by the Bureau show blank.

SectorEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
NAICS 23 Construction59230$8.62M
NAICS 44 Retail Trade58462$14.1M
NAICS 81 Other Services (except Public Administration)50142$3.46M
NAICS 62 Health Care and Social Assistance27576$24.2M
NAICS 72 Accommodation and Food Services21264$5.58M
NAICS 54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services1756$2.83M
NAICS 31 Manufacturing10159$7.22M
NAICS 52 Finance and Insurance1056$5.63M
NAICS 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services1021$1.12M
NAICS 48 Transportation and Warehousing924$1.71M
NAICS 42 Wholesale Trade840$1.48M
NAICS 53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing714$306K
NAICS 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting423$982K
NAICS 61 Educational Services320$389K

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months14Housing units permitted by month, Dec 1999 to Aug 2026Dec 199911 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+16.7%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$1.86MAug 2026
Units, latest month2Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months14Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table122025

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$266K
Jul 2026110$133K
Jun 2026110$133K
May 2026110$133K
Apr 2026330$399K
Mar 2026110$133K
Feb 2026110$133K
Jan 2026110$133K
Dec 2025110$133K
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025110$133K
Sep 2025110$133K
Aug 2025110$133K
Jul 2025110$133K
Jun 2025110$133K
May 2025110$133K
Apr 2025110$133K
Mar 2025110$133K
Feb 2025220$266K
Jan 2025110$133K
Dec 2024110$133K
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024110$133K
Sep 2024110$133K
Aug 2024110$133K
Jul 2024110$133K
Jun 2024220$266K
May 2024110$133K
Apr 2024110$133K
Mar 2024110$133K
Feb 2024110$133K
Jan 2024110$133K
Dec 2023110$133K
Nov 2023110$133K
Oct 2023110$133K
Sep 2023110$133K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202512120$1.6M
202412120$1.6M
202312120$1.6M
202211110$1.46M
202113130$1.73M
202011110$1.46M
201910100$1.33M
2018990$1.2M
2017880$1.06M
201618180$3.59M
201519190$3.01M
201431310$6.73M
201324240$4.02M
201220200$3.35M
201119190$3.18M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.99B
Total taxable value (non school)$652M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$778M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+12.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+10.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$1.76B2025 final roll
New construction value$28.9M2026 preliminary
Parcels14,6312026 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; 0% 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$101K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months182Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$176KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$531M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$81.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$7.68M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$1.14B2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$55.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$50.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$110M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$15.6M2026 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
Residential4,990$531M$280M$12M5,243+3.9%
Commercial281$81.8M$70.9M$1.35Mn/a+16.5%
Industrial33$7.68M$7.56M$0n/a+1.5%
Agricultural5,882$1.14B$234M$12.9Mn/a+16.4%
Vacant2,659$55.3M$44.6M$1.93Mn/a+23.3%
Institutional226$50.8M$2.73M$691Kn/a+1.2%
Government399$110M$1.05M$36.2Kn/a+22.9%
Other161$15.6M$11M$0n/a+10.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units8,659Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199082.0% high2024
Occupied units7,0112020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,6482020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households5,3562020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,6552020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate76.4%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)18.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households29.2%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%)15.1%2025
Assisted housing developments5Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units137Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$160K2024

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 less212169333
All households30.01-50% AMI612265234
All households50.01-80% AMI1,10222952
All households80.01-120% AMI1,0075515
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI3,203728
Renters30% AMI or less11442178
Renters30.01-50% AMI3411190
Renters50.01-80% AMI3401004
Renters80.01-120% AMI18000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI60800
Owners30% AMI or less98127155
Owners30.01-50% AMI578154144
Owners50.01-80% AMI76212948
Owners80.01-120% AMI8275515
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI2,595728

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1990$36.2K74
1991$37K51
1992$35.1K82
1993$35K85
1994$43K115
1995$40K118
1996$43.5K215
1997$41K151
1998$42.2K212
1999$49.9K184
2000$50K175
2001$50K106
2002$52.5K101
2003$62.5K91
2004$66K90
2005$74K145
2006$79.5K78
2007$89.9K75
2008$85K48
2009$92.2K46

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Sessoms Moore Homes696 Scenic Circle DrBonifay5656
Bonifay Villas100 JUDY LUCAS DRIVE, #A-2Bonifay3131
Indiana Villas410 W Indiana AvenueBonifay2020
Oak Terrace100 Oak Terrace LaneBonifay1818
Foxrun Apartments620 E. BROCK AVEBonifay1212

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$64.3KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$79.5K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$532KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$532KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-4.0%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$43.8KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$527KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$527KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+2.8%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$59MFY2025
Revenues, change on the year before+24.6%FY2025
Total expenditures$58.9MFY2025
Expenditures, change on the year before+23.4%FY2025
Revenues per resident$2.94KFY2025
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$2.28MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-63.6%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$64.3K
Aug 2026$32.7K
Jul 2026$36.6K
Jun 2026$52.4K
May 2026$50.5K
Apr 2026$46.7K
Mar 2026$45K
Feb 2026$39.5K
Jan 2026$35.1K
Dec 2025$39.4K
Nov 2025$49.4K
Oct 2025$40.1K
Sep 2025$57.9K
Aug 2025$42.3K
Jul 2025$52.4K
Jun 2025$44.7K
May 2025$51.9K
Apr 2025$36.6K
Mar 2025$45K
Feb 2025$38.4K
Jan 2025$43.7K
Dec 2024$55K
Nov 2024$44.1K
Oct 2024$41.8K
Sep 2024$51.6K
Aug 2024$44.1K
Jul 2024$49.5K
Jun 2024$52.9K
May 2024$50.6K
Apr 2024$38.9K
Mar 2024$49K
Feb 2024$46.7K
Jan 2024$39.8K
Dec 2023$48.6K
Nov 2023$39.4K
Oct 2023$49.9K

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$43.8K
Aug 2026$43.8K
Jul 2026$43.8K
Jun 2026$43.1K
May 2026$43.1K
Apr 2026$43.1K
Mar 2026$43.1K
Feb 2026$43.1K
Jan 2026$43.1K
Dec 2025$45.6K
Nov 2025$45.6K
Oct 2025$45.6K
Sep 2025$46.9K
Aug 2025$46.9K
Jul 2025$46.9K
Jun 2025$40.5K
May 2025$40.5K
Apr 2025$40.5K
Mar 2025$40.5K
Feb 2025$40.5K
Jan 2025$40.5K
Dec 2024$40.5K
Nov 2024$44.5K
Oct 2024$44.5K
Sep 2024$44.5K
Aug 2024$44.5K
Jul 2024$44.5K
Jun 2024$46.3K
May 2024$46.3K
Apr 2024$46.3K
Mar 2024$46.3K
Feb 2024$46.3K
Jan 2024$46.3K
Dec 2023$46.3K
Nov 2023$46.3K
Oct 2023$46.3K

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$2.28M-63.6%
FY2024$6.26M-11.6%
FY2023$7.08M+230.1%
FY2022$2.14M-36.5%
FY2021$3.37M+16.7%
FY2020$2.89M-6.3%
FY2019$3.09M-24.6%
FY2018$4.1M-6.9%
FY2017$4.4M+12.8%
FY2016$3.9M-14.5%
FY2015$4.56M+41.4%
FY2014$3.23M-7.7%
FY2013$3.5Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2025

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

CategoryFY2025FY2024Change
General Government Taxes$8.65M$7.93M+9.2%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$340K$275K+23.6%
Intergovernmental Revenues$24.3M$13.1M+86.3%
Charges for Services$2.49M$2M+24.2%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$452K$525K-13.8%
Miscellaneous Revenues$19.7M$21.1M-6.6%
Other Sources$3.01M$2.43M+23.8%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a
Franchise Fees, Licenses, and Permitsn/an/an/a
Permits, Fees, and Licensesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2025

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

CategoryFY2025FY2024Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$22.7M$20.6M+9.9%
Public Safety$15.1M$12M+25.8%
Physical Environment$432K$289K+49.4%
Transportation$12.6M$4.76M+163.9%
Economic Environment$3.51M$2.38M+47.3%
Human Services$952K$646K+47.4%
Culture / Recreation$285K$268K+6.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$1.79M$2.33M-23.0%
Court-Related Expenditures$1.61M$4.45M-63.9%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits$135MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$225M high2026
Change on a year earlier+0.7%June 30, 2026
Change, real-2.4%June 30, 2026
Branches2June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 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
First Federal BankBonifay Branch300 N Waukesha StBonifay$105M
PeoplesSouth BankBonifay Branch2020 S Waukesha StBonifay$30.1M

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