Lake Butler vs Lockhart

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Butler and Lockhart: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Butler has the higher population (17,242 vs 14,753 in Lockhart). Lake Butler has the higher median household income ($178,750 vs $70,051 in Lockhart). Lake Butler has the higher median home value ($886,300 vs $247,400 in Lockhart).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
Population	17,242	14,753
Median age	43.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$178,750	$70,051
Median home value	$886,300	$247,400
Median gross rent	$2,413	$1,560
Housing units	6,806	5,993
Homeownership rate	87.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
Population	19,499 → 17,242 (-11.6%)	14,430 → 14,753 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$128,695 → $178,750 (+38.9%)	$53,449 → $70,051 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$642,300 → $886,300 (+38.0%)	$158,200 → $247,400 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,953 → $2,413 (+23.6%)	$1,150 → $1,560 (+35.7%)

Lake Butler

Population

19,49917,242

Median household income

$128,695$178,750

Median home value

$642,300$886,300

Median gross rent

$1,953$2,413

Lockhart

Population

14,43014,753

Median household income

$53,449$70,051

Median home value

$158,200$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,560

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	6.4%	20.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	18.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.5%
75 and over	5.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	31.1%
Black or African American	7.0%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.7%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	36.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
No high school diploma	2.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	8.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
Drove alone	69.8%	74.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	10.6%
Other means	2.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
1-unit, detached	86.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	12.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Butler	Lockhart
Poverty rate	2.0%	15.8%
Average household size	2.96	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	2004	1983