Lake City vs Watertown

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

Lake City and Watertown 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 2,797 in Watertown). Lake City has the higher median household income ($51,175 vs $43,164 in Watertown). Lake City has the higher median home value ($178,600 vs $112,800 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Watertown
Population	12,404	2,797
Median age	38.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,175	$43,164
Median home value	$178,600	$112,800
Median gross rent	$940	$837
Housing units	5,487	1,536
Homeownership rate	39.8%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	23.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Watertown
Population	12,063 → 12,404 (+2.8%)	3,082 → 2,797 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $51,175 (+34.7%)	$35,643 → $43,164 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $178,600 (+67.2%)	$105,700 → $112,800 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $940 (+9.8%)	$773 → $837 (+8.3%)

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

Watertown

Population

3,0822,797

Median household income

$35,643$43,164

Median home value

$105,700$112,800

Median gross rent

$773$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Watertown
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	21.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.5%
75 and over	8.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	55.4%
Black or African American	31.8%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	2.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Watertown
No high school diploma	11.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Watertown
Drove alone	75.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	15.9%	22.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Watertown
1-unit, detached	55.4%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Watertown
Poverty rate	22.6%	38.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1979	1976