Ferndale vs Lake Kathryn

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Lake Kathryn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Kathryn has the higher population (797 vs 457 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($84,085 vs $51,223 in Lake Kathryn). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($287,900 vs $94,900 in Lake Kathryn).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
Population	457	797
Median age	51.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,085	$51,223
Median home value	$287,900	$94,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,005
Housing units	223	345
Homeownership rate	82.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
Population	462 → 457 (-1.1%)	954 → 797 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$70,513 → $84,085 (+19.2%)	$35,667 → $51,223 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$434,500 → $287,900 (-33.7%)	$101,400 → $94,900 (-6.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,291 → $1,005 (-22.2%)

Ferndale

Population

462457

Median household income

$70,513$84,085

Median home value

$434,500$287,900

Lake Kathryn

Population

954797

Median household income

$35,667$51,223

Median home value

$101,400$94,900

Median gross rent

$1,291$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	2.0%	0.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	26.7%
55 to 64	34.4%	20.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.2%
75 and over	3.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
No high school diploma	10.7%	24.1%
High school graduate	43.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
Drove alone	81.4%	62.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	35.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
1-unit, detached	50.7%	38.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.3%	62.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Lake Kathryn
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1997	1979