Florida · Census place 1264825
Sebastian, Florida
Sebastian is a city in Indian River County, Florida with an estimated 27,087 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 101st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 27,087
- #101 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +7.8%
- +1,962 people
- Land area
- 17.4 sq mi
- + 0.82 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,557 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Sebastian population, 2020 to 2024
Sebastian added 1,962 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.8%. In the latest year it moved by +134. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Sebastian is 1.2 times that size.
Sebastian covers 17.40 square miles of land and 0.82 of water, for 1,557 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Sebastian is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sebastian is in
All of Sebastian's residents live in Indian River County, which had 172,139 residents in 2024. Sebastian holds 15.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sebastian
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sebastian by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32958, 32967. 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 Sebastian is
The Census internal point of Sebastian is at 27.779200, -80.482700. Tallahassee, the capital, is 293.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palm Bay, FL (142,023 people), 16.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 27.779200, -80.482700
- DMS
- 27°46'45.12"N 80°28'57.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 550965.9E 3072850.8N
- Geohash
- dhyy09439
- Plus code
- 76VXQGH8+MW
Daylight in Sebastian
At 27.78° N, Sebastian gets about 13 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sebastian
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Indian River Shores, 7.8 miles away, with 4,466 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sebastian, FL?
27,087 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,962 (7.8%) from 25,125 in July 2020.
What county is Sebastian in?
Indian River County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sebastian?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32958, 32967.
How far is Sebastian from Tallahassee?
293.8 miles (472.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Sebastian.
What is the nearest larger city to Sebastian?
Palm Bay, FL, with 142,023 residents, 16.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.