Florida · Census place 1277825
Williston, Florida
Williston is a city in Levy County, Florida with an estimated 3,433 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 255th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,433
- #255 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +15.2%
- +454 people
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 503 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Williston population, 2020 to 2024
Williston added 454 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +15.2%. In the latest year it moved by +226.
Williston covers 6.83 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 503 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Williston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Williston is in
All of Williston's residents live in Levy County, which had 47,765 residents in 2024. Williston holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Williston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32696. 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 Williston is
The Census internal point of Williston is at 29.393900, -82.442300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 131.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newberry, FL (8,326 people), 19.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gainesville, FL, 20.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.393900, -82.442300
- DMS
- 29°23'38.04"N 82°26'32.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 360048.3E 3252492.3N
- Geohash
- djjr5yzrg
- Plus code
- 76XV9HV5+H3
Daylight in Williston
At 29.39° N, Williston gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Williston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Bronson, 12.4 miles away, with 1,263 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Williston, FL?
3,433 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 454 (15.2%) from 2,979 in July 2020.
What county is Williston in?
Levy County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Williston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32696.
How far is Williston from Tallahassee?
131.6 miles (211.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Williston.
What is the nearest larger city to Williston?
Newberry, FL, with 8,326 residents, 19.7 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.