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Williston Highlands, Florida.

A community in Levy County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Levy County’s.

Living in Williston Highlands, Levy County, Florida

Williston Highlands, in Levy County, had 2,591 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $79,662 a year and half less, against $56,750 across Levy County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% 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 people in Levy County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,591 in the 2020 census
Household income $79,662 the median, give or take $16,100 · Levy County: $56,750
Unemployment 5.4% Levy County, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 1,242households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line

What people in Levy County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Building trades12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Government8%

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

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 66° and 44°; warmest in July, 89° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 66° 44° F M A M J J 89° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 66° and 44°; warmest in July, 89° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 66° 44° F M A M J J 89° 72° A S O N D

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, 18 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Levy County

  1. Levy SchoolsSchool district781FTE
  2. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters358
  3. Seabring Marine Industries CorporateBoats manufacturing309
  4. Williston Nursing and RehabSkilled nursing facilities144
  5. Whistling DuckSolar power structure construction128
  6. Central Florida Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power111
  7. Alliance DairiesMilk production, dairy cattle105
  8. 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; Williston Highlands 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

  1. LightningVery high
  2. HurricanesRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Williston Highlands’ 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.