Fort Denaud vs LaBelle

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Denaud and LaBelle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

LaBelle has the higher population (5,042 vs 1,396 in Fort Denaud). Fort Denaud has the higher median household income ($51,023 vs $49,385 in LaBelle). Fort Denaud has the higher median home value ($325,500 vs $139,300 in LaBelle).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
Population	1,396	5,042
Median age	64.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,023	$49,385
Median home value	$325,500	$139,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,375
Housing units	790	2,026
Homeownership rate	98.3%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
Population	1,769 → 1,396 (-21.1%)	5,106 → 5,042 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$54,531 → $51,023 (-6.4%)	$35,393 → $49,385 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $325,500 (+140.4%)	$95,300 → $139,300 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $833 (+35.9%)	$838 → $1,375 (+64.1%)

Fort Denaud

Population

1,7691,396

Median household income

$54,531$51,023

Median home value

$135,400$325,500

Median gross rent

$613$833

LaBelle

Population

5,1065,042

Median household income

$35,393$49,385

Median home value

$95,300$139,300

Median gross rent

$838$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
Under 5	0.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	1.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	26.4%	6.1%
75 and over	21.8%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	32.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	61.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
No high school diploma	7.4%	35.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
Drove alone	67.7%	54.3%
Carpooled	12.7%	29.0%
Public transit	3.7%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	15.9%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
1-unit, detached	50.4%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.6%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Denaud	LaBelle
Poverty rate	9.8%	22.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1998	1986