East Lake-Orient Park vs Ruskin

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

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

Ruskin has the higher population (30,074 vs 29,064 in East Lake-Orient Park). Ruskin has the higher median household income ($76,402 vs $56,623 in East Lake-Orient Park). Ruskin has the higher median home value ($278,300 vs $221,500 in East Lake-Orient Park).

Population, income & housing

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
Population	29,064	30,074
Median age	35.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,623	$76,402
Median home value	$221,500	$278,300
Median gross rent	$1,417	$1,593
Housing units	11,972	10,778
Homeownership rate	51.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
Population	29,346 → 29,064 (-1.0%)	25,530 → 30,074 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$40,838 → $56,623 (+38.7%)	$57,836 → $76,402 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $221,500 (+91.9%)	$183,700 → $278,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,417 (+31.7%)	$970 → $1,593 (+64.2%)

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

Ruskin

Population

25,53030,074

Median household income

$57,836$76,402

Median home value

$183,700$278,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
Under 5	6.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.6%
75 and over	4.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	35.7%
Black or African American	42.2%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.3%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
No high school diploma	14.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
Drove alone	63.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	14.9%
Other means	2.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
1-unit, detached	49.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	13.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	East Lake-Orient Park	Ruskin
Poverty rate	15.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.61	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1982	2007