Alafaya vs Apopka

A side-by-side comparison of Alafaya and Apopka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alafaya has the higher population (90,874 vs 56,202 in Apopka). Alafaya has the higher median household income ($98,289 vs $95,703 in Apopka). Alafaya has the higher median home value ($391,900 vs $364,300 in Apopka).

Population, income & housing

	Alafaya	Apopka
Population	90,874	56,202
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,289	$95,703
Median home value	$391,900	$364,300
Median gross rent	$1,834	$2,009
Housing units	34,100	20,038
Homeownership rate	65.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alafaya	Apopka
Population	91,068 → 90,874 (-0.2%)	51,800 → 56,202 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$75,307 → $98,289 (+30.5%)	$66,057 → $95,703 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$269,300 → $391,900 (+45.5%)	$228,400 → $364,300 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,834 (+23.4%)	$1,296 → $2,009 (+55.0%)

Alafaya

Population

91,06890,874

Median household income

$75,307$98,289

Median home value

$269,300$391,900

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,834

Apopka

Population

51,80056,202

Median household income

$66,057$95,703

Median home value

$228,400$364,300

Median gross rent

$1,296$2,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alafaya	Apopka
Under 5	5.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.9%
75 and over	4.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alafaya	Apopka
White (non-Hispanic)	41.5%	37.4%
Black or African American	9.2%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alafaya	Apopka
No high school diploma	6.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	17.9%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alafaya	Apopka
Drove alone	68.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.0%	19.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alafaya	Apopka
1-unit, detached	64.0%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	7.8%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Alafaya	Apopka
Poverty rate	9.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2002	2001