Alafaya vs Horizon West

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

Alafaya and Horizon West 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 62,152 in Horizon West). Horizon West has the higher median household income ($123,586 vs $98,289 in Alafaya). Horizon West has the higher median home value ($498,700 vs $391,900 in Alafaya).

Population, income & housing

	Alafaya	Horizon West
Population	90,874	62,152
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$98,289	$123,586
Median home value	$391,900	$498,700
Median gross rent	$1,834	$2,236
Housing units	34,100	22,214
Homeownership rate	65.1%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alafaya	Horizon West
Population	91,068 → 90,874 (-0.2%)	39,065 → 62,152 (+59.1%)
Median household income	$75,307 → $98,289 (+30.5%)	$98,247 → $123,586 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$269,300 → $391,900 (+45.5%)	$343,600 → $498,700 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,834 (+23.4%)	$1,816 → $2,236 (+23.1%)

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

Horizon West

Population

39,06562,152

Median household income

$98,247$123,586

Median home value

$343,600$498,700

Median gross rent

$1,816$2,236

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alafaya	Horizon West
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	24.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.4%
75 and over	4.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alafaya	Horizon West
White (non-Hispanic)	41.5%	56.2%
Black or African American	9.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alafaya	Horizon West
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	17.9%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alafaya	Horizon West
Drove alone	68.7%	65.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.0%	28.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alafaya	Horizon West
1-unit, detached	64.0%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	7.8%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Alafaya	Horizon West
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.83	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	2002	2013