Healthcare Practice Sales in Port St. Joe and Gulf County

Illustration of the Cape San Blas Light in Port St. Joe, a white skeleton iron tower over grass and pines at dusk

Above: Cape San Blas Light, Port St. Joe. First lit in 1885, the cast iron skeleton tower was moved from Cape San Blas to George Core Park in 2014, along with two keepers' houses. Picture credit

This page gathers what a healthcare practice sale in Gulf County involves locally: its practice market in official figures, the county and city offices a new owner deals with after closing, and the county's cities and communities.

The practice market in Gulf County

Residents, 2025

Gulf County had an estimated 15,943 residents in 2025, 12.3% more than at the April 2020 base.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, county population estimates, Vintage 2025.

Practicing physicians

The Florida Department of Health's 2026 workforce report counts 16 practicing physicians in Gulf County, 9.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 22 statewide.

Source: Florida Department of Health, 2026 Florida Physician Workforce Annual Report, Appendix B.

Licensed veterinarians

Gulf County has 5 licensed veterinarians with an address in the county, 3.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.7 statewide.

Sources: Florida DBPR, Board of Veterinary Medicine licensee file (lic26vt.csv); U.S. Census Bureau, county population estimates, Vintage 2025.

Dental shortage area

All of Gulf County is designated a dental health professional shortage area by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas data download.

Primary care shortage area

All of Gulf County is designated a primary care health professional shortage area by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas data download.

After a purchase: local filings in Gulf County

  1. County business tax receipt

    Whether a practice in Gulf County needs a county local business tax receipt is a question for the Gulf County Tax Collector (1000 Cecil G. Costin Sr Blvd, Port St. Joe).

    Source: Gulf County Tax Collector, checked October 2026.

  2. City business tax

    Some cities in Gulf County levy their own business tax; each city's office is listed with the city below.

  3. Tangible personal property return

    The Gulf County Property Appraiser takes tangible personal property returns, the yearly return for a business's furniture and equipment.

    Sources: gulfcounty-fl.gov; Gulf County Property Appraiser, checked October 2026.

  4. Recording the deed

    When a sale includes real estate, the deed is recorded by the Gulf County Clerk of Circuit Court & County Comptroller in the county's Official Records.

    Source: Gulf County Clerk of Circuit Court & County Comptroller, checked October 2026.

Cities and communities in Gulf County

Port St. Joe

City, county seat

2020 Census population: 3,357.

City business tax receipts: City of Port St. Joe City Hall, 305 Cecil G. Costin, Sr. Blvd., Port St. Joe.

Wewahitchka

City

2020 Census population: 2,074.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census, read October 2026. City business tax offices: each city's own pages.

How Newton's Law PA serves Gulf County

Newton's Law PA's office is in Lake Worth Beach, about 388 miles from Port St. Joe.

A first consultation is by phone or video, and meetings in person are at the Lake Worth Beach office.

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