Fort White vs Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Fort White and Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort White and Lake City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake City has the higher population (12,404 vs 638 in Fort White). Fort White has the higher median household income ($52,315 vs $51,175 in Lake City). Fort White has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $178,600 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Fort White	Lake City
Population	638	12,404
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,315	$51,175
Median home value	$192,800	$178,600
Median gross rent	$850	$940
Housing units	295	5,487
Homeownership rate	75.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort White	Lake City
Population	695 → 638 (-8.2%)	12,063 → 12,404 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$41,000 → $52,315 (+27.6%)	$38,000 → $51,175 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $192,800 (+14.8%)	$106,800 → $178,600 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $850 (+12.1%)	$856 → $940 (+9.8%)

Fort White

Population

695638

Median household income

$41,000$52,315

Median home value

$167,900$192,800

Median gross rent

$758$850

Lake City

Population

12,06312,404

Median household income

$38,000$51,175

Median home value

$106,800$178,600

Median gross rent

$856$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort White	Lake City
Under 5	9.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.1%
75 and over	9.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort White	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	57.5%
Black or African American	34.0%	31.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	2.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort White	Lake City
No high school diploma	17.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	30.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort White	Lake City
Drove alone	60.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	27.9%	15.9%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.1%
Other means	4.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort White	Lake City
1-unit, detached	42.0%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	14.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	52.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort White	Lake City
Poverty rate	26.5%	22.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1994	1979