Apopka vs Orlando

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

Apopka 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 56,202 in Apopka). Apopka has the higher median household income ($95,703 vs $69,268 in Orlando). Apopka has the higher median home value ($364,300 vs $359,000 in Orlando).

Population, income & housing

	Apopka	Orlando
Population	56,202	311,732
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,703	$69,268
Median home value	$364,300	$359,000
Median gross rent	$2,009	$1,650
Housing units	20,038	146,615
Homeownership rate	80.4%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apopka	Orlando
Population	51,800 → 56,202 (+8.5%)	280,832 → 311,732 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$66,057 → $95,703 (+44.9%)	$51,757 → $69,268 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$228,400 → $364,300 (+59.5%)	$240,000 → $359,000 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $2,009 (+55.0%)	$1,196 → $1,650 (+38.0%)

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

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)

	Apopka	Orlando
Under 5	7.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	20.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.6%
75 and over	5.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apopka	Orlando
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	32.8%
Black or African American	26.7%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	27.1%	35.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apopka	Orlando
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apopka	Orlando
Drove alone	69.0%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.4%	1.9%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.2%	15.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apopka	Orlando
1-unit, detached	83.1%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	24.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Apopka	Orlando
Poverty rate	8.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.97	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	2001	1991