Lady Lake vs Mount Dora

A side-by-side comparison of Lady Lake and Mount Dora: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Dora has the higher population (16,812 vs 16,337 in Lady Lake). Mount Dora has the higher median household income ($69,931 vs $47,260 in Lady Lake). Mount Dora has the higher median home value ($316,100 vs $217,900 in Lady Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
Population	16,337	16,812
Median age	66.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,260	$69,931
Median home value	$217,900	$316,100
Median gross rent	$1,361	$1,500
Housing units	10,056	8,121
Homeownership rate	70.4%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
Population	15,426 → 16,337 (+5.9%)	13,897 → 16,812 (+21.0%)
Median household income	$42,483 → $47,260 (+11.2%)	$48,690 → $69,931 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $217,900 (+48.9%)	$244,100 → $316,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,361 (+31.6%)	$1,060 → $1,500 (+41.5%)

Lady Lake

Population

15,42616,337

Median household income

$42,483$47,260

Median home value

$146,300$217,900

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,361

Mount Dora

Population

13,89716,812

Median household income

$48,690$69,931

Median home value

$244,100$316,100

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
Under 5	2.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	7.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	4.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	24.1%	17.4%
75 and over	28.3%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	62.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
Drove alone	70.5%	67.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	5.0%	15.8%
Other means	6.9%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
1-unit, detached	52.0%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Lady Lake	Mount Dora
Poverty rate	14.2%	15.7%
Average household size	1.87	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1993	1994