Lake Lorraine vs Valparaiso

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Lorraine and Valparaiso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Lorraine has the higher population (7,210 vs 4,910 in Valparaiso). Lake Lorraine has the higher median household income ($91,619 vs $81,938 in Valparaiso). Lake Lorraine has the higher median home value ($411,900 vs $348,600 in Valparaiso).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
Population	7,210	4,910
Median age	41.3 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,619	$81,938
Median home value	$411,900	$348,600
Median gross rent	$1,488	$1,254
Housing units	3,370	2,011
Homeownership rate	72.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
Population	7,217 → 7,210 (-0.1%)	5,145 → 4,910 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$77,015 → $91,619 (+19.0%)	$57,316 → $81,938 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$273,000 → $411,900 (+50.9%)	$224,800 → $348,600 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,488 (+27.1%)	$1,159 → $1,254 (+8.2%)

Lake Lorraine

Population

7,2177,210

Median household income

$77,015$91,619

Median home value

$273,000$411,900

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,488

Valparaiso

Population

5,1454,910

Median household income

$57,316$81,938

Median home value

$224,800$348,600

Median gross rent

$1,159$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
Under 5	5.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	20.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	23.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.2%
75 and over	9.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	72.4%
Black or African American	5.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.3%
Asian	2.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	19.9%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
Drove alone	79.2%	71.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	3.9%
Other means	1.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	72.1%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Lorraine	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1979	1975