How Many Mobile Home Parks Are in Florida? County by County (2026)
Florida has 2,197 licensed mobile home parks with 280,798 lots across 63 of its 67 counties. Polk County has the most, 214 parks and 30,077 lots. Five counties (Polk, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Volusia and Lee) hold 37% of all the lots. The average park has about 128 lots, but 41% of parks have fewer than 50.
Owners ask me how many parks are out there like theirs, and buyers ask me how many parks could ever come up for sale. Both questions have the same answer, and it is not a guess. Florida licenses its mobile home parks through the Department of Health under Chapter 513, Florida Statutes, and every licensed park has a lot count on file. I counted all of them.
The statewide count
There are 2,197 licensed mobile home parks in Florida with 280,798 licensed lots between them, in 63 counties. That works out to an average of about 128 lots a park, but the average hides the real shape of the market: a few hundred large parks hold most of the lots, and a long tail of small parks makes up most of the count.
Parks and lots by county
The 25 counties with the most licensed lots. The last column is how many of that county's parks have 100 or more lots.
| # | County | Parks | Lots | 100+ lot parks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polk | 214 | 30,077 | 99 |
| 2 | Pinellas | 183 | 25,144 | 89 |
| 3 | Hillsborough | 159 | 17,920 | 54 |
| 4 | Volusia | 105 | 16,170 | 48 |
| 5 | Lee | 73 | 14,292 | 27 |
| 6 | Broward | 85 | 13,429 | 43 |
| 7 | Manatee | 83 | 12,520 | 35 |
| 8 | Palm Beach | 79 | 12,108 | 33 |
| 9 | Pasco | 88 | 11,916 | 37 |
| 10 | Lake | 83 | 11,627 | 34 |
| 11 | Orange | 54 | 11,588 | 34 |
| 12 | Miami-Dade | 52 | 10,098 | 30 |
| 13 | Brevard | 93 | 9,636 | 30 |
| 14 | Marion | 82 | 8,042 | 28 |
| 15 | Sarasota | 52 | 7,906 | 26 |
| 16 | St Lucie | 26 | 7,810 | 14 |
| 17 | Duval | 44 | 7,208 | 21 |
| 18 | Highlands | 60 | 6,395 | 17 |
| 19 | Indian River | 36 | 5,483 | 15 |
| 20 | Osceola | 38 | 4,930 | 14 |
| 21 | Citrus | 42 | 3,550 | 11 |
| 22 | Collier | 33 | 3,090 | 8 |
| 23 | Martin | 22 | 2,722 | 9 |
| 24 | Seminole | 11 | 2,477 | 5 |
| 25 | Hernando | 19 | 2,382 | 7 |
Polk and Pinellas are in a class of their own: together they have 397 parks and 55,221 lots, about 20% of the state's total. The Tampa Bay and Central Florida corridor (Polk, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Lake and Manatee) is where most of Florida's park inventory sits. South Florida has fewer parks but large ones: Miami-Dade's 52 parks average about 194 lots each.
How big Florida parks really are
| Park size | Parks | Share of parks | Lots | Share of lots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 10 lots | 85 | 4% | 317 | 0.1% |
| 10-24 lots | 458 | 21% | 7,569 | 2.7% |
| 25-49 lots | 352 | 16% | 12,908 | 4.6% |
| 50-99 lots | 472 | 21% | 34,320 | 12.2% |
| 100-199 lots | 387 | 18% | 53,430 | 19.0% |
| 200-399 lots | 300 | 14% | 82,563 | 29.4% |
| 400+ lots | 143 | 7% | 89,691 | 31.9% |
Two numbers tell the story. The 830 parks with 100 or more lots hold 80% of all licensed lots. The 895 parks with fewer than 50 lots are 41% of all parks but hold only about 7% of the lots. The median Florida park has between 50 and 99 lots.
That split matters when you sell. A 300-lot park and a 30-lot park are different products with different buyers. Large parks draw institutional operators and agency debt. Small parks sell to local investors, owner-operators and 1031 buyers, usually with bank loans, cash or seller financing, because the agency lenders rarely fit them.
Why the count barely moves
New mobile home parks are rare in Florida. Zoning, land prices and the economics of building infrastructure for lots that rent for a few hundred dollars a month keep new supply very low, while parks are lost every year to redevelopment. That is the backbone of park values: the inventory is fixed or shrinking, and demand for affordable housing is not. If you are wondering whether your land is worth more as something else, I wrote about when a park is worth more as land.
What this means if you own one
You own a slice of a market with about 2,197 pieces, most of them held for a very long time. Buyers know how scarce good parks are, which is why a well-run park with tenant-owned homes and city utilities still draws strong interest at today's interest rates. What your park is worth comes down to its income and who owns the homes, not the county average. My full method is in what is my mobile home park worth, and what parks actually sold for per lot is in Florida mobile home park sale prices.
How I built these numbers
I used the Florida Department of Health's list of licensed mobile home parks, which carries each park's licensed lot count, as pulled in 2026. Licensed lots are the source of truth for park size. County property records often count a park's units differently, so I never use them for lot counts. RV parks and lodging parks licensed under the same chapter are not counted here.
Questions owners ask
How many mobile home parks are there in Florida?
Florida has 2,197 mobile home parks licensed by the Department of Health, with 280,798 licensed lots between them, spread across 63 of the state's 67 counties.
Which Florida county has the most mobile home parks?
Polk County, with 214 licensed parks and 30,077 lots. Pinellas is second with 183 parks and 25,144 lots, and Hillsborough is third with 159 parks and 17,920 lots.
How many lots does a typical Florida mobile home park have?
The average is about 128 lots, but the median park has between 50 and 99. About 41% of parks have fewer than 50 lots, while the 830 parks with 100 or more lots hold 80% of all licensed lots.
Who licenses mobile home parks in Florida?
The Florida Department of Health permits mobile home parks under Chapter 513 of the Florida Statutes. The relationship between a park owner and residents who own their homes is governed separately by Chapter 723.
I know where these parks are and who owns them because this is all I do as a mobile home park broker in Florida. If you own one of them and want to know where yours stands, call me.
