Bristol vs Lake Mystic

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Lake Mystic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bristol has the higher population (1,249 vs 556 in Lake Mystic). Lake Mystic has the higher median household income ($58,375 vs $48,643 in Bristol). Lake Mystic has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $124,500 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
Population	1,249	556
Median age	43.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,643	$58,375
Median home value	$124,500	$300,000
Median gross rent	$944	$1,015
Housing units	514	423
Homeownership rate	81.4%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	22.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
Population	1,067 → 1,249 (+17.1%)	547 → 556 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$40,694 → $48,643 (+19.5%)	$57,422 → $58,375 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $124,500 (+46.5%)	$167,700 → $300,000 (+78.9%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $944 (+59.7%)	$950 → $1,015 (+6.8%)

Bristol

Population

1,0671,249

Median household income

$40,694$48,643

Median home value

$85,000$124,500

Median gross rent

$591$944

Lake Mystic

Population

547556

Median household income

$57,422$58,375

Median home value

$167,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	0.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	23.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	4.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	16.2%
75 and over	15.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	99.6%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
No high school diploma	18.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	37.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
Drove alone	70.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	16.5%	22.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
1-unit, detached	71.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Lake Mystic
Poverty rate	18.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.40	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	29	14
Median year structure built	1983	1990