Lady Lake vs Tavares

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

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

Tavares has the higher population (19,738 vs 16,337 in Lady Lake). Tavares has the higher median household income ($57,644 vs $47,260 in Lady Lake). Tavares has the higher median home value ($225,500 vs $217,900 in Lady Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lady Lake	Tavares
Population	16,337	19,738
Median age	66.2 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,260	$57,644
Median home value	$217,900	$225,500
Median gross rent	$1,361	$1,409
Housing units	10,056	10,242
Homeownership rate	70.4%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lady Lake	Tavares
Population	15,426 → 16,337 (+5.9%)	16,752 → 19,738 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$42,483 → $47,260 (+11.2%)	$45,319 → $57,644 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $217,900 (+48.9%)	$144,900 → $225,500 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,361 (+31.6%)	$1,018 → $1,409 (+38.4%)

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

Tavares

Population

16,75219,738

Median household income

$45,319$57,644

Median home value

$144,900$225,500

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lady Lake	Tavares
Under 5	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	7.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	24.1%	18.1%
75 and over	28.3%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lady Lake	Tavares
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	68.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lady Lake	Tavares
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lady Lake	Tavares
Drove alone	70.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.7%
Other means	6.9%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lady Lake	Tavares
1-unit, detached	52.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Lady Lake	Tavares
Poverty rate	14.2%	8.7%
Average household size	1.87	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1993	1994