Florida · Census place 1248750

Niceville, Florida

Niceville is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida with an estimated 17,919 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 131st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,919
#131 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+13.0%
+2,060 people
Land area
14.4 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
1,244 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Niceville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Niceville population, 2020 to 2024

Niceville added 2,060 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,292. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Niceville is 82% of it.

15.9k202016.1k202116.3k202216.6k202317.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,797. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Niceville covers 14.40 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,244 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Niceville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Niceville is in

All of Niceville's residents live in Okaloosa County, which had 220,483 residents in 2024. Niceville 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 Niceville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Niceville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32578. 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 Niceville is

The Census internal point of Niceville is at 30.528800, -86.476000. Tallahassee, the capital, is 130.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Walton Beach, FL (21,188 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 97.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.528800, -86.476000
DMS
30°31'43.68"N 86°28'33.60"W
UTM
16N 550268.8E 3377499.8N
Geohash
dj6t8jw55
Plus code
862MGGHF+GJ

Daylight in Niceville

At 30.53° N, Niceville gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 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 Niceville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Valparaiso, 3.5 miles away, with 4,852 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Niceville, FL?

17,919 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,060 (13.0%) from 15,859 in July 2020.

What county is Niceville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Niceville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32578.

How far is Niceville from Tallahassee?

130.8 miles (210.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Niceville.

What is the nearest larger city to Niceville?

Fort Walton Beach, FL, with 21,188 residents, 11.2 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.