Lake Magdalene vs Ruskin

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

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

Lake Magdalene has the higher population (31,733 vs 30,074 in Ruskin). Ruskin has the higher median household income ($76,402 vs $75,606 in Lake Magdalene). Lake Magdalene has the higher median home value ($335,800 vs $278,300 in Ruskin).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
Population	31,733	30,074
Median age	41.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,606	$76,402
Median home value	$335,800	$278,300
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,593
Housing units	13,702	10,778
Homeownership rate	71.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
Population	30,805 → 31,733 (+3.0%)	25,530 → 30,074 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$63,270 → $75,606 (+19.5%)	$57,836 → $76,402 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$231,000 → $335,800 (+45.4%)	$183,700 → $278,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,342 (+30.7%)	$970 → $1,593 (+64.2%)

Lake Magdalene

Population

30,80531,733

Median household income

$63,270$75,606

Median home value

$231,000$335,800

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,342

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)

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
Under 5	7.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	6.6%
75 and over	8.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	35.7%
Black or African American	6.8%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
No high school diploma	5.9%	12.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
Drove alone	74.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	14.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
1-unit, detached	61.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Magdalene	Ruskin
Poverty rate	11.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.40	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1982	2007