Williston, Florida.
Typical home $288,519 (-0.2% in a year). Gainesville, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$864 (+133%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $513 -0%
- $289,033$288,519 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $55,668 +24%
- $232,852$288,519 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.
- Williston$1,514
- 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 Williston, FL fell 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Williston, Levy County, Florida
Williston is a city of 2,976 people in Levy County. Half its households earn more than $61,111 a year and half less, against $56,750 across Levy County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. 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 residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Williston is a small city in Levy County, with a population that keeps it close-knit. Residents tend to be somewhat older than the typical American, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run above the county's, though a fair number of residents still live below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, and winters are mild while summers are hot.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and a range of other services. Among the largest workplaces in town are Seabring Marine Industries Corporate, a boat maker, Williston Nursing and Rehab, and Winn-Dixie. The job market across Levy County has been a little softer than a year earlier, and a typical commute is a modest one. Some residents work from home.
Things to do. Devil's Den, an archaeological site in or beside town, is the closest and best known stop, and Lake Stafford is a short drive away for time by the water. For a longer outing, the Florida Museum of Natural History is a museum a longer drive away, as is Paynes Prairie, a protected area.
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- 1,054households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents 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 67° and lows near 43°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Gainesville Wnw weather station, 20 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Williston
- Seabring Marine Industries CorporateBoats manufacturing309
- Williston Nursing and RehabSkilled nursing facilities144
- AncorpSafety valves, industrial-type, manufacturing86
- Tractor Supply Company StoreGeneral merchandise stores27
- WillistonMail and parcel delivery25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 591 people in all. 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
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Williston’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.
Williston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Williston$288,519
- Florida$375,361
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Williston listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Williston26.89%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Williston77
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Williston13
Zip codes with a Williston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Williston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.