Alafaya vs Orlando

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

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

Orlando has the higher population (311,732 vs 90,874 in Alafaya). Alafaya has the higher median household income ($98,289 vs $69,268 in Orlando). Alafaya has the higher median home value ($391,900 vs $359,000 in Orlando).

Population, income & housing

	Alafaya	Orlando
Population	90,874	311,732
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,289	$69,268
Median home value	$391,900	$359,000
Median gross rent	$1,834	$1,650
Housing units	34,100	146,615
Homeownership rate	65.1%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alafaya	Orlando
Population	91,068 → 90,874 (-0.2%)	280,832 → 311,732 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$75,307 → $98,289 (+30.5%)	$51,757 → $69,268 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$269,300 → $391,900 (+45.5%)	$240,000 → $359,000 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,834 (+23.4%)	$1,196 → $1,650 (+38.0%)

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

Orlando

Population

280,832311,732

Median household income

$51,757$69,268

Median home value

$240,000$359,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alafaya	Orlando
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	20.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.6%
75 and over	4.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alafaya	Orlando
White (non-Hispanic)	41.5%	32.8%
Black or African American	9.2%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	35.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alafaya	Orlando
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	17.9%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alafaya	Orlando
Drove alone	68.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	1.9%
Walked	0.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.0%	15.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alafaya	Orlando
1-unit, detached	64.0%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	24.3%
20 or more units	7.8%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Alafaya	Orlando
Poverty rate	9.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	2002	1991