Minneola vs Mount Dora

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

Minneola 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 15,371 in Minneola). Minneola has the higher median household income ($102,968 vs $69,931 in Mount Dora). Minneola has the higher median home value ($386,700 vs $316,100 in Mount Dora).

Population, income & housing

	Minneola	Mount Dora
Population	15,371	16,812
Median age	36.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,968	$69,931
Median home value	$386,700	$316,100
Median gross rent	$2,064	$1,500
Housing units	5,352	8,121
Homeownership rate	79.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minneola	Mount Dora
Population	11,559 → 15,371 (+33.0%)	13,897 → 16,812 (+21.0%)
Median household income	$61,549 → $102,968 (+67.3%)	$48,690 → $69,931 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$219,200 → $386,700 (+76.4%)	$244,100 → $316,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $2,064 (+39.5%)	$1,060 → $1,500 (+41.5%)

Minneola

Population

11,55915,371

Median household income

$61,549$102,968

Median home value

$219,200$386,700

Median gross rent

$1,480$2,064

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)

	Minneola	Mount Dora
Under 5	7.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	21.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	17.4%
75 and over	2.2%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minneola	Mount Dora
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	62.7%
Black or African American	7.6%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.9%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minneola	Mount Dora
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minneola	Mount Dora
Drove alone	71.8%	67.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	16.9%	15.8%
Other means	0.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minneola	Mount Dora
1-unit, detached	92.7%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Minneola	Mount Dora
Poverty rate	5.1%	15.7%
Average household size	3.07	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2007	1994