Florida · Census place 1216800

DeFuniak Springs, Florida

DeFuniak Springs is a city in Walton County, Florida with an estimated 7,048 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 201st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,048
#201 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+17.9%
+1,071 people
Land area
14.2 sq mi
+ 0.35 sq mi water
Density
496 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: DeFuniak Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

DeFuniak Springs population, 2020 to 2024

DeFuniak Springs added 1,071 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.9%. In the latest year it moved by +251. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so DeFuniak Springs is 32% of it.

5,97720206,30120216,56420226,79720237,0482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,929. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

DeFuniak Springs covers 14.21 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 496 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so DeFuniak Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county DeFuniak Springs is in

All of DeFuniak Springs's residents live in Walton County, which had 89,666 residents in 2024. DeFuniak Springs holds 7.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in DeFuniak Springs

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap DeFuniak Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32433, 32435. 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 DeFuniak Springs is

The Census internal point of DeFuniak Springs is at 30.706100, -86.118600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 110.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Freeport, FL (7,234 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 112.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.706100, -86.118600
DMS
30°42'21.96"N 86°07'6.96"W
UTM
16N 584402.3E 3397362.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
862MPV4J+CH

Daylight in DeFuniak Springs

At 30.71° N, DeFuniak Springs gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near DeFuniak Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Freeport, 14.4 miles away, with 7,234 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of DeFuniak Springs, FL?

7,048 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,071 (17.9%) from 5,977 in July 2020.

What county is DeFuniak Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover DeFuniak Springs?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32433, 32435.

How far is DeFuniak Springs from Tallahassee?

110.9 miles (178.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from DeFuniak Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to DeFuniak Springs?

Freeport, FL, with 7,234 residents, 14.4 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.