Old Town, Florida.
Typical home $219,272 (+5.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$695 (+153%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,762 +5%
- $208,510$219,272 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $43,711 +25%
- $175,561$219,272 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.
- Old Town$1,151
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Old Town, FL rose 5.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Old Town, Dixie County, Florida
The Census does not count Old Town on its own, so the figures here are Dixie County's. Half the county's households earn more than $50,110 a year and half less; 21% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 85% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Dixie County was 6.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dixie County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Old Town sits in the Big Bend country of north Florida, in Dixie County, where the land runs toward the Gulf and many residents have lived for years. Most homes across the county are lived in by their owners, well above the national share, and the county's population is older on the whole than the country's. Incomes are below the national figure, and more residents live below the poverty line than across the country. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, while summers are long and hot, and the area gets far more rain than most of the country.
Work. Schools, hospitals and social care, shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and government are the main kinds of work that residents do. Joblessness has crept up over the past year and jobs have grown only slightly. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and commutes are shorter than the national norm. Working from home is uncommon here.
Things to do. The Suwannee River, a river a longer drive away, is one of the best known waterways in the region and makes a good day's outing. Closer by, Fanning Springs State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and the Nature Coast State Trail, also a protected area a short drive away, offers a quiet place for walking and cycling.
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- 6,236households
- 46.4median age
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Dixie County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dixie County had 2,989 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 66° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 58 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cross City East weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dixie County
- Dixie SchoolsSchool district325FTE
- Cross City LumberSawmills150
- Cross City Nursing & Rehab CenterSkilled nursing facilities95
- Oldcastle Lawn & GardenSawdust, regrinding35
- Land's Palm TreesTree crop farming, short rotation growing and harvesting cycle30
- Cornerstone Building BrandsWarehouses, prefabricated metal, manufacturing26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 336 people in all. 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Dixie County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Dixie County.
Old Town home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Old Town$219,272
- Florida$375,361
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Old Town 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.
- Old Town20.00%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Old Town45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Old Town10
Zip codes with a Old Town address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Old Town — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.