Florida · Census place 1241250

Longwood, Florida

Longwood is a city in Seminole County, Florida with an estimated 17,089 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 136th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,089
#136 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+10.8%
+1,668 people
Land area
5.5 sq mi
+ 0.35 sq mi water
Density
3,096 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Longwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Longwood population, 2020 to 2024

Longwood added 1,668 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.8%. In the latest year it moved by +132. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 49th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Longwood is 78% of it.

15.4k202015.3k202116.9k202217.0k202317.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,097. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Longwood covers 5.52 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 3,096 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Longwood is denser than the typical town.

What county Longwood is in

All of Longwood's residents live in Seminole County, which had 494,605 residents in 2024. Longwood holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Longwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Longwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32750. 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 Longwood is

The Census internal point of Longwood is at 28.701400, -81.348400. Tallahassee, the capital, is 213.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Casselberry, FL (31,650 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Deltona, FL, 16.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.701400, -81.348400
DMS
28°42'5.04"N 81°20'54.24"W
UTM
17N 465968.7E 3174953.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Longwood

At 28.70° N, Longwood gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Longwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Casselberry, 3.2 miles away, with 31,650 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Longwood, FL?

17,089 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,668 (10.8%) from 15,421 in July 2020.

What county is Longwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Longwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32750.

How far is Longwood from Tallahassee?

213.2 miles (343.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Longwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Longwood?

Casselberry, FL, with 31,650 residents, 3.2 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.