Green Cove Springs, Florida
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 2.1% since 2020.
10,079
people, the 175th-largest of Florida's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Florida's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
94.6%
of 11,470 jobs located in Green Cove Springs are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 49% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,114
a month. Florida's median is $1,669.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,484 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Clay County.
- $742 Tract 301.03
- $2,226 Tract 302.04
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,212–$1,817
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,114 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
52% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 853 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 3% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 52% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.4–3.0% to the 3,794 homes here.
15–115
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 3% more than Florida's.
$371,000
median home value in Green Cove Springs.
- $371,000 Green Cove Springs
- $359,000 Florida
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year