Fleming Island vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Fleming Island and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

Fleming Island and Lakeside are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakeside has the higher population (31,548 vs 29,351 in Fleming Island). Fleming Island has the higher median household income ($119,046 vs $80,686 in Lakeside). Fleming Island has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $249,300 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
Population	29,351	31,548
Median age	47.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$119,046	$80,686
Median home value	$387,400	$249,300
Median gross rent	$1,918	$1,384
Housing units	11,842	12,541
Homeownership rate	86.7%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
Population	28,676 → 29,351 (+2.4%)	30,458 → 31,548 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$94,154 → $119,046 (+26.4%)	$63,605 → $80,686 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$269,600 → $387,400 (+43.7%)	$167,800 → $249,300 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,488 → $1,918 (+28.9%)	$1,051 → $1,384 (+31.7%)

Fleming Island

Population

28,67629,351

Median household income

$94,154$119,046

Median home value

$269,600$387,400

Median gross rent

$1,488$1,918

Lakeside

Population

30,45831,548

Median household income

$63,605$80,686

Median home value

$167,800$249,300

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,384

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
Under 5	4.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.3%
75 and over	9.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	62.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	18.5%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
Drove alone	72.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.7%	13.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	79.7%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Fleming Island	Lakeside
Poverty rate	5.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	2000	1984