Avon Park vs Lake Placid

A side-by-side comparison of Avon Park and Lake Placid: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avon Park has the higher population (9,879 vs 2,438 in Lake Placid). Lake Placid has the higher median household income ($45,476 vs $36,845 in Avon Park). Lake Placid has the higher median home value ($253,200 vs $119,600 in Avon Park).

Population, income & housing

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
Population	9,879	2,438
Median age	47.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,845	$45,476
Median home value	$119,600	$253,200
Median gross rent	$909	$975
Housing units	5,554	1,277
Homeownership rate	58.8%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
Population	10,461 → 9,879 (-5.6%)	1,907 → 2,438 (+27.8%)
Median household income	$30,750 → $36,845 (+19.8%)	$35,993 → $45,476 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $119,600 (+70.1%)	$84,100 → $253,200 (+201.1%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $909 (+16.4%)	$706 → $975 (+38.1%)

Avon Park

Population

10,4619,879

Median household income

$30,750$36,845

Median home value

$70,300$119,600

Median gross rent

$781$909

Lake Placid

Population

1,9072,438

Median household income

$35,993$45,476

Median home value

$84,100$253,200

Median gross rent

$706$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
Under 5	5.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.0%
75 and over	17.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	41.3%
Black or African American	26.5%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	44.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
No high school diploma	20.5%	23.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
Drove alone	79.0%	68.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	12.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.4%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.2%
Other means	0.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
1-unit, detached	52.1%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Avon Park	Lake Placid
Poverty rate	23.0%	28.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1981	1984