Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Sebring earns a D−, 615th among Florida's 634 graded towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 91% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $44K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. In its favor, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 85% of U.S. towns. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Sebring, against 11% in Florida’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is YMCA PARK, at 40 acres.
Where Sebring beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 812 in 1920, 10,729 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 2 maps from 1952 on.
11 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Sebring is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Sebring, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Sebring.
Sebring draws workers from Avon Park and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
9,369 jobs are based in Sebring, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 21.2 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
About one in 5 of Sebring’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Sebring is 21 minutes. Jobs based in Sebring grew to 9,369 in 2023, 1,118 more than in 2013.
| Sebring | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 20% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.3% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Highlands school district. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebring Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 840 | B− |
| Heartland Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 338 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Against the 3,733 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sebring’s, it is less healthy than 66%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
18% of Sebring adults have diabetes. Sebring beats the Florida average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 22. 20% of Sebring adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Sebring | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sebring | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.9% | 12.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.2% | 7.2% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 24.4% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Sebring home is worth about $237,000, down 1.6% in a year, 37% below the Florida typical home. 52% of households own their home in Sebring.
| Sebring | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,019 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sebring.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 49.3°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92.1°.
Sebring has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Sebring’s January low is 49°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Sebring | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 49°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Sebring | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. YMCA PARK | — | 40 |
| 2. Sebring Rotary Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
| 3. Veteran's Beach | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sebring
About 5 of every 100 Sebring residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Where Sebring’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
11 places in Sebring on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Sebring.
City in Florida, United States
Sebring ( SEE-bring) is a city in and the county seat of Highlands County, Florida, United States. It is nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District. As of 2022 United States Census estimates, the population is 11,379 up from 10,729 at the 2020 census. Sebring became a popular development and tourist destination of the 1920s, hailed as the "Coral Gables of Central Florida". Many grandiose Mediterranean buildings of that time period still exist within the city, the most notable being the Harder Hall Hotel and Resort. The broader Sebring metropolitan area had a population estimate of 105,618 in 2022; the disparity in p…
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Sebring grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #615 of 634 in Florida. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 4.3 years of the area's median household income ($54,897 across the Sebring, FL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
7 notable people were born here, including Walter Clayton Jr. and Tom Gordon.
