Lake Placid vs Sebring

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

Lake Placid 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 2,438 in Lake Placid). Lake Placid has the higher median household income ($45,476 vs $42,072 in Sebring). Lake Placid has the higher median home value ($253,200 vs $175,000 in Sebring).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Placid	Sebring
Population	2,438	11,185
Median age	41.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,476	$42,072
Median home value	$253,200	$175,000
Median gross rent	$975	$974
Housing units	1,277	6,101
Homeownership rate	52.1%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Placid	Sebring
Population	1,907 → 2,438 (+27.8%)	10,377 → 11,185 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$35,993 → $45,476 (+26.3%)	$25,737 → $42,072 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $253,200 (+201.1%)	$96,600 → $175,000 (+81.2%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $975 (+38.1%)	$724 → $974 (+34.5%)

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

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)

	Lake Placid	Sebring
Under 5	3.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	14.7%
75 and over	13.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Placid	Sebring
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	55.2%
Black or African American	12.0%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Placid	Sebring
No high school diploma	23.5%	18.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Placid	Sebring
Drove alone	68.8%	63.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	5.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.2%
Other means	2.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Placid	Sebring
1-unit, detached	50.7%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	10.6%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Placid	Sebring
Poverty rate	28.5%	27.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1984	1977