Florida · Census place 1264875

Sebring, Florida

Sebring is a city in Highlands County, Florida with an estimated 11,795 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,795
#161 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+7.4%
+812 people
Land area
11.6 sq mi
+ 5.86 sq mi water
Density
1,014 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Sebring. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Sebring population, 2020 to 2024

Sebring added 812 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.4%. In the latest year it moved by +174. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Sebring is 54% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,982. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sebring covers 11.63 square miles of land and 5.86 of water, for 1,014 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Sebring is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sebring is in

All of Sebring's residents live in Highlands County, which had 109,778 residents in 2024. Sebring holds 10.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sebring

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sebring by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33870, 33875. 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 Sebring is

The Census internal point of Sebring is at 27.471400, -81.451600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 266.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Wales, FL (17,798 people), 32.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakeland, FL, 50.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.471400, -81.451600
DMS
27°28'17.04"N 81°27'5.76"W
UTM
17N 455382.5E 3038730.0N
Geohash
dhyh690b8
Plus code
76VWFGCX+H9

Daylight in Sebring

At 27.47° N, Sebring gets about 13 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sebring

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Avon Park, 8.9 miles away, with 10,415 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sebring, FL?

11,795 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 812 (7.4%) from 10,983 in July 2020.

What county is Sebring in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sebring?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33870, 33875.

How far is Sebring from Tallahassee?

266.9 miles (429.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Sebring.

What is the nearest larger city to Sebring?

Lake Wales, FL, with 17,798 residents, 32.3 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.