Florida · Census place 1216125

Dade City, Florida

Dade City is a city in Pasco County, Florida with an estimated 9,662 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,662
#175 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+33.5%
+2,423 people
Land area
7.6 sq mi
+ 0.23 sq mi water
Density
1,273 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Dade City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Dade City population, 2020 to 2024

Dade City added 2,423 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +33.5%. In the latest year it moved by +919. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Dade City is 44% of it.

7,23920207,35620217,74420228,74320239,6622024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,155. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dade City covers 7.59 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 1,273 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Dade City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dade City is in

All of Dade City's residents live in Pasco County, which had 659,114 residents in 2024. Dade City holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dade City

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Dade City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33523, 33525. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dade City is

The Census internal point of Dade City is at 28.352600, -82.194200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 191.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Zephyrhills, FL (22,304 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakeland, FL, 25.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.352600, -82.194200
DMS
28°21'9.36"N 82°11'39.12"W
UTM
17N 382963.0E 3136842.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
76WV9R34+28

Daylight in Dade City

At 28.35° N, Dade City gets about 13 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dade City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Leo, 3.9 miles away, with 2,472 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dade City, FL?

9,662 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,423 (33.5%) from 7,239 in July 2020.

What county is Dade City in?

Pasco County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dade City?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33523, 33525.

How far is Dade City from Tallahassee?

191.1 miles (307.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Dade City.

What is the nearest larger city to Dade City?

Zephyrhills, FL, with 22,304 residents, 7.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.