Bronson, Florida.
Typical home $269,295 (+5.9% in a year). Gainesville, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$849 (+151%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,920 +6%
- $254,375$269,295 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $70,891 +36%
- $198,405$269,295 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bronson$1,413
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Bronson, FL rose 5.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bronson, Levy County, Florida
Bronson is a town of 1,140 people in Levy County. Unemployment in Levy County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Levy County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bronson is a small town and the seat of Levy County, in north central Florida. Winters are mild, with the coldest days in January still cool rather than harsh, and snow is rare. Summers are hot, with July the warmest month, and the year brings a good deal of rain. Homes here are valued well above what the county's lower household incomes might suggest, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, the building trades, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Levy County, some of the largest workplaces are Levy Schools, Walmart and Seabring Marine Industries Corporate. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than a year earlier, and the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before. Most people commute a fair distance to work, and few work from home.
Things to do. Bronson Speedway, a race track, is in or beside town. The Waccasassa River and the Archer Historical Society Museum are each a short drive away, for time on the water or a look at local history. For a longer outing, Fanning Springs State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 11%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Levy County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Levy County had 9,070 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 66° and lows near 44°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 72°. About 57 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Usher Twr weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Levy County
- Levy SchoolsSchool district781FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters358
- Seabring Marine Industries CorporateBoats manufacturing309
- Williston Nursing and RehabSkilled nursing facilities144
- Whistling DuckSolar power structure construction128
- Central Florida Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power111
- Alliance DairiesMilk production, dairy cattle105
- Moss & AssociatesSolar power structure construction87
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,788 people in all across the county; Bronson has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of BronsonRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bronson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Levy County and the Gainesville, FL metro.
Bronson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bronson$269,295
- Florida$375,361
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Bronson listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bronson17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Bronson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bronson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.