Apopka vs Winter Garden

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

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

Apopka has the higher population (56,202 vs 47,182 in Winter Garden). Winter Garden has the higher median household income ($106,371 vs $95,703 in Apopka). Winter Garden has the higher median home value ($428,200 vs $364,300 in Apopka).

Population, income & housing

	Apopka	Winter Garden
Population	56,202	47,182
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,703	$106,371
Median home value	$364,300	$428,200
Median gross rent	$2,009	$1,727
Housing units	20,038	16,707
Homeownership rate	80.4%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apopka	Winter Garden
Population	51,800 → 56,202 (+8.5%)	43,648 → 47,182 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$66,057 → $95,703 (+44.9%)	$73,739 → $106,371 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$228,400 → $364,300 (+59.5%)	$313,600 → $428,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $2,009 (+55.0%)	$1,106 → $1,727 (+56.1%)

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

Winter Garden

Population

43,64847,182

Median household income

$73,739$106,371

Median home value

$313,600$428,200

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apopka	Winter Garden
Under 5	7.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.7%
75 and over	5.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apopka	Winter Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	50.9%
Black or African American	26.7%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	27.1%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apopka	Winter Garden
No high school diploma	9.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apopka	Winter Garden
Drove alone	69.0%	69.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.2%	18.0%
Other means	1.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apopka	Winter Garden
1-unit, detached	83.1%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Apopka	Winter Garden
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.97	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	2001	2004