Avon Park vs Sebring

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

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

Sebring has the higher population (11,185 vs 9,879 in Avon Park). Sebring has the higher median household income ($42,072 vs $36,845 in Avon Park). Sebring has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $119,600 in Avon Park).

Population, income & housing

	Avon Park	Sebring
Population	9,879	11,185
Median age	47.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,845	$42,072
Median home value	$119,600	$175,000
Median gross rent	$909	$974
Housing units	5,554	6,101
Homeownership rate	58.8%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon Park	Sebring
Population	10,461 → 9,879 (-5.6%)	10,377 → 11,185 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$30,750 → $36,845 (+19.8%)	$25,737 → $42,072 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $119,600 (+70.1%)	$96,600 → $175,000 (+81.2%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $909 (+16.4%)	$724 → $974 (+34.5%)

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

Sebring

Population

10,37711,185

Median household income

$25,737$42,072

Median home value

$96,600$175,000

Median gross rent

$724$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon Park	Sebring
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.7%
75 and over	17.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon Park	Sebring
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	55.2%
Black or African American	26.5%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon Park	Sebring
No high school diploma	20.5%	18.9%
High school graduate	32.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon Park	Sebring
Drove alone	79.0%	63.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	20.5%
Public transit	0.1%	1.1%
Walked	2.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon Park	Sebring
1-unit, detached	52.1%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Avon Park	Sebring
Poverty rate	23.0%	27.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1981	1977