Lamont, Florida.
Typical home $201,245 (+4.2% in a year). Tallahassee, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$622 (+143%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,144 +4%
- $193,102$201,245 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $42,473 +27%
- $158,772$201,245 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.
- Lamont$1,056
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Lamont, FL rose 4.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lamont, Jefferson County, Florida
Lamont, in Jefferson County, had 170 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Jefferson County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 3.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Jefferson 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lamont is a very small community in Jefferson County, Florida, on the Wacissa River. Homes here are valued below what is typical for much of the country, and the county's household incomes sit below many other parts of the state. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, summers are hot, and the rain and melted snow add up to a wet year.
Work. Residents mostly work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in government. Across Jefferson County, some of the largest workplaces are Trulieve Jefferson County, Jefferson Schools and Therma-save. Unemployment in the county is a little higher than it was a year ago, and there are fewer jobs across the county than there were the year before.
Things to do. The Wacissa River is in or beside town, a river for paddling and time outdoors. A longer drive takes you to Lake Miccosukee, a lake, and to the Aucilla Wildlife Management Area, a protected area. Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park, a botanical garden, is also a longer drive away.
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What people in Jefferson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jefferson County had 2,961 jobs in 2025, 3.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 63° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 71°. About 60 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Monticello Southeast weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jefferson County
- Trulieve Jefferson CountyManufacturingproductioncultivation638
- Jefferson SchoolsSchool district128FTE
- Therma-saveHeating, ventilation and air-conditioning contractors80
- XPOFreight transportation66
- BbtsCutting and transporting timber63
- Alpha TallahasseeFooting and foundation concrete contractors53
- Florida PlywoodsHardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing40
- IPS Water-Tite MonticelloPlumbing fixtures, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing35
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,048 people in all across the county; Lamont has none 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lamont’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Jefferson County and the Tallahassee, FL metro.
Lamont home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lamont$201,245
- Florida$375,361
- United States$366,157
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.
Zip codes with a Lamont address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lamont — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.