Florida · Census place 1224825

Freeport, Florida

Freeport is a city in Walton County, Florida with an estimated 7,234 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 199th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,234
#199 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+19.2%
+1,163 people
Land area
23.3 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
310 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Freeport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Freeport population, 2020 to 2024

Freeport added 1,163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.2%. In the latest year it moved by +271. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Freeport is 33% of it.

6,07120206,42220216,70820226,96320237,2342024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,021. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Freeport covers 23.33 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 310 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Freeport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Freeport is in

All of Freeport's residents live in Walton County, which had 89,666 residents in 2024. Freeport holds 8.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Freeport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Freeport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32439. 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 Freeport is

The Census internal point of Freeport is at 30.498500, -86.131300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 110.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Niceville, FL (17,919 people), 20.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 111.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.498500, -86.131300
DMS
30°29'54.60"N 86°07'52.68"W
UTM
16N 583363.7E 3374346.0N
Geohash
dj6v8014e
Plus code
862MFVX9+CF

Daylight in Freeport

At 30.50° N, Freeport gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Freeport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is DeFuniak Springs, 14.4 miles away, with 7,048 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Freeport, FL?

7,234 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,163 (19.2%) from 6,071 in July 2020.

What county is Freeport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Freeport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32439.

How far is Freeport from Tallahassee?

110.3 miles (177.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Freeport.

What is the nearest larger city to Freeport?

Niceville, FL, with 17,919 residents, 20.6 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.