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Roofing in Bushnell, Florida

Half the housing in Bushnell, the Sumter County seat, is mobile homes: 768 of 1,524 units, or 50.4 percent, in the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey. The stock is old as well, with a median build year of 1983. Roofing in Bushnell starts with two questions: what kind of home is under the roof, and when it was built.

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Updated October 2026

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At a glance

Bushnell homes at a glance

People (2020 Census)
3,047
Mobile homes, share of housing units
50.4%
Median year homes were built
1983
Share of homes built before 2000
79.6%
Share of homes built 2010 or later
11.4%
Owner-occupied share of occupied homes
75.7%

Census figures; each one is listed in the sources at the end of this page.

Your roof

Mobile homes and 1980s houses: what Bushnell roofs face

Bushnell's homes are a generation older than its county's. Four in five housing units here, 79.6 percent, were built before 2000, and only 174 of them, 11.4 percent, date from 2010 or later. Across Sumter County the median home was built in 2006 and 36.2 percent are from 2010 or later, with nearly all of the county's growth coming from The Villages.

On a site-built house, that age shows up at re-roof time. Florida's first statewide building code replaced the local codes on March 1, 2002, so a 1983 house was framed, decked and first roofed under the older rules. When its covering comes off now, the residential code wants the deck fastened to a re-nailing table and a secondary water barrier laid before the new roof goes on (R908.7). The Bushnell roof replacement page walks through both.

Mobile homes are the other half of the story: 50.4 percent of Bushnell's housing, against 11.3 percent countywide, and insurers handle them under separate rules. The state's 15-year roof law, section 627.7011(5), does not reach mobile home policies, according to a Florida Senate staff analysis, and My Safe Florida Home inspections are written for site-built homes only. The roof inspection page for Bushnell sorts out which rule fits your home.

The town is also younger than its county: the Census puts Bushnell's median age at 48, give or take about 12 years, against 68.5 for Sumter County, and 75.7 percent of occupied homes are owner-occupied.

Local rules

Bushnell's roof permits moved to the county in 2025

Bushnell was the last piece. In the city's own announcement, the County Administrator said that with Bushnell joining on April 1, 2025, Sumter County provides building services to all five of its cities and the unincorporated area. Since that date, Sumter County Building Services has been the primary point of contact for building permits and inspections inside the city; its Building Services page is where a roof permit starts.

For a roof, that means the county's rules. Building Services enforces the 2023 Florida Building Code, Eighth Edition, lists a Re-Roof / Roof-Over permit type and gives 135 mph as its wind speed design criterion. A re-roof skips plans review but still gets two inspections, the sheathing and dry-in, then the final.

  • County seat of Sumter County.
  • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, established in 1921 to preserve the site of Dade's Battle of 1835, is a National Historic Landmark.
  • Hurricane Hermine (2016) storm-total rainfall: 6.54 in at Bushnell 1.0 NNW.
  • Since April 1, 2025, Sumter County Building Services is the primary point of contact for building permits and inspections in the city.

Weather

Hermine's gauge and Bushnell's weather station

Bushnell has its own line in the hurricane record. A CoCoRaHS gauge 1.0 mile north-northwest of town caught 6.54 inches from Hurricane Hermine in 2016, and FEMA's DR-4280 designated Sumter County for Public Assistance. The declarations for Irma in 2017 and Milton in 2024 also opened Individual Assistance to households; roof repair in Bushnell covers where storms like those get in.

The county's NOAA climate station carries the town's name, BUSHNELL 1 E. Its 1991-2020 normals give a mean daily high of 81.8°F and a mean low of 57.4°F, but no published precipitation normal, so rain planning leans on NOAA's Atlas 14: 9.44 inches an hour in a 10-year, five-minute burst at Bushnell's center point. The Bushnell gutters page sizes gutters to it.

Permits

Roof permits for Bushnell

Building permits

Sumter County Building Services

Official building page

Office names and links only. Fees, forms and timing change; check the official page.

Services

Roofing services in Bushnell

Questions

Bushnell roofing questions

Who issues a roof permit in Bushnell?

Sumter County Building Services. The City of Bushnell's own release says the county became the city's primary point of contact for building permits and inspections on April 1, 2025, the step that put all five Sumter cities under county building services. For a replacement, the permit type to request is Re-Roof / Roof-Over, and the county inspects the sheathing and dry-in before the final.

Source: City of Bushnell news release; Sumter County Building Services, both read October 5, 2026.

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How many homes in Bushnell are mobile homes?

About half. The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey counts 768 mobile homes among Bushnell's 1,524 housing units, 50.4 percent, against 11.3 percent for Sumter County. Margins are wide in a town this size, plus or minus 267 units on the housing total, so read the share as a close estimate. It matters for the roof because insurers and state programs treat mobile homes separately.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-year, tables B25024 and B25001, via Census Reporter, read October 5, 2026.

How old are the houses in Bushnell?

Most were built before 2000: 79.6 percent of housing units, with a median build year of 1983, plus or minus 4 years. Only 174 units, 11.4 percent, are from 2010 or later, and the Sumter County median is 2006. The roof can be younger than the house, of course: for insurance, Florida dates a roof from the last time its whole surface was built or replaced (section 627.7011(5)(d)), and the county's permit records show when that was.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-year via Census Reporter; Fla. Stat. 627.7011.

Related

What wind speed is a Bushnell roof designed for?

135 mph, the figure Sumter County Building Services gives as its wind speed design criterion, and code details such as shingle wind ratings follow from the design speed. Bushnell is outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which the code limits to Broward and Miami-Dade counties. For the wind mitigation form, the inspector looks up the ASCE 7-22 speed for your exact address; 130 to 139 mph is Region 2 there.

Source: Sumter County Building Services FAQ; 2023 FBC-Building Chapter 2; OIR-B1-1802 (Rev. 04/26).

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  7. 7.Median year homes were built: 1983. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B25035 (Median Year Structure Built), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
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  9. 9.Share of homes built 2010 or later: 11.4%. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B25034 (Year Structure Built), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  10. 10.Median age: 48. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B01002 (Median Age by Sex), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  11. 11.Owner-occupied share of occupied homes: 75.7%. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B25003 (Tenure), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  12. 12.Housing units (ACS 5-year): 1,524. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B25001 (Housing Units), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
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