Cypress Lake vs San Carlos Park

A side-by-side comparison of Cypress Lake and San Carlos Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Carlos Park has the higher population (18,252 vs 13,145 in Cypress Lake). San Carlos Park has the higher median household income ($80,109 vs $62,767 in Cypress Lake). San Carlos Park has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $237,700 in Cypress Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
Population	13,145	18,252
Median age	60.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,767	$80,109
Median home value	$237,700	$284,900
Median gross rent	$1,699	$1,571
Housing units	9,384	7,489
Homeownership rate	74.3%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
Population	12,978 → 13,145 (+1.3%)	17,961 → 18,252 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$50,945 → $62,767 (+23.2%)	$61,963 → $80,109 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$159,000 → $237,700 (+49.5%)	$193,900 → $284,900 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,221 → $1,699 (+39.1%)	$1,271 → $1,571 (+23.6%)

Cypress Lake

Population

12,97813,145

Median household income

$50,945$62,767

Median home value

$159,000$237,700

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,699

San Carlos Park

Population

17,96118,252

Median household income

$61,963$80,109

Median home value

$193,900$284,900

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
Under 5	2.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	6.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	9.2%
75 and over	23.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
Drove alone	81.8%	73.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	14.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
1-unit, detached	22.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	33.1%	0.9%
20 or more units	15.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Cypress Lake	San Carlos Park
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.9%
Average household size	1.83	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1986	1988