Howey-in-the-Hills vs Lake Mack-Forest Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Howey-in-the-Hills and Lake Mack-Forest Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Howey-in-the-Hills and Lake Mack-Forest Hills are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howey-in-the-Hills has the higher population (2,279 vs 2,267 in Lake Mack-Forest Hills). Howey-in-the-Hills has the higher median home value ($362,300 vs $120,400 in Lake Mack-Forest Hills). Since 2019, Lake Mack-Forest Hills's population has grown faster (+152.2% vs +42.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Population	2,279	2,267
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,403	—
Median home value	$362,300	$120,400
Median gross rent	$1,651	—
Housing units	950	702
Homeownership rate	87.7%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	31.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Population	1,597 → 2,279 (+42.7%)	899 → 2,267 (+152.2%)
Median household income	$64,875 → $93,403 (+44.0%)	$34,375 → $103,363 (+200.7%)
Median home value	$193,600 → $362,300 (+87.1%)	$102,200 → $120,400 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,651 (+46.4%)	$672 → $673 (+0.1%)

Howey-in-the-Hills

Population

1,5972,279

Median household income

$64,875$93,403

Median home value

$193,600$362,300

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,651

Lake Mack-Forest Hills

Population

8992,267

Median household income

$34,375$103,363

Median home value

$102,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$672$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	2.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	26.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	20.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.9%
75 and over	9.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	97.2%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
No high school diploma	7.1%	34.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Drove alone	70.6%	28.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	51.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	21.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
1-unit, detached	83.4%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	64.2%

Poverty & households

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Poverty rate	3.7%	20.6%
Average household size	2.67	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1987	1981