Apollo Beach vs East Lake-Orient Park

A side-by-side comparison of Apollo Beach and East Lake-Orient Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Apollo Beach and East Lake-Orient Park are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Lake-Orient Park has the higher population (29,064 vs 28,347 in Apollo Beach). Apollo Beach has the higher median household income ($113,130 vs $56,623 in East Lake-Orient Park). Apollo Beach has the higher median home value ($420,200 vs $221,500 in East Lake-Orient Park).

Population, income & housing

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
Population	28,347	29,064
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,130	$56,623
Median home value	$420,200	$221,500
Median gross rent	$2,087	$1,417
Housing units	11,492	11,972
Homeownership rate	83.8%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
Population	20,947 → 28,347 (+35.3%)	29,346 → 29,064 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$88,919 → $113,130 (+27.2%)	$40,838 → $56,623 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$276,600 → $420,200 (+51.9%)	$115,400 → $221,500 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,532 → $2,087 (+36.2%)	$1,076 → $1,417 (+31.7%)

Apollo Beach

Population

20,94728,347

Median household income

$88,919$113,130

Median home value

$276,600$420,200

Median gross rent

$1,532$2,087

East Lake-Orient Park

Population

29,34629,064

Median household income

$40,838$56,623

Median home value

$115,400$221,500

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
Under 5	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.2%
75 and over	6.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	23.4%
Black or African American	12.9%	42.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
No high school diploma	2.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	21.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
Drove alone	67.5%	63.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.5%	17.7%
Other means	1.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
1-unit, detached	81.6%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Apollo Beach	East Lake-Orient Park
Poverty rate	4.7%	15.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	2008	1982