Lake Butler vs Southchase

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

Lake Butler and Southchase 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 14,149 in Southchase). Lake Butler has the higher median household income ($178,750 vs $85,573 in Southchase). Lake Butler has the higher median home value ($886,300 vs $344,900 in Southchase).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Butler	Southchase
Population	17,242	14,149
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$178,750	$85,573
Median home value	$886,300	$344,900
Median gross rent	$2,413	$1,798
Housing units	6,806	4,958
Homeownership rate	87.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Butler	Southchase
Population	19,499 → 17,242 (-11.6%)	15,314 → 14,149 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$128,695 → $178,750 (+38.9%)	$60,026 → $85,573 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$642,300 → $886,300 (+38.0%)	$239,800 → $344,900 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,953 → $2,413 (+23.6%)	$1,532 → $1,798 (+17.4%)

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

Southchase

Population

15,31414,149

Median household income

$60,026$85,573

Median home value

$239,800$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,532$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Butler	Southchase
Under 5	5.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	18.8%	18.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.4%
75 and over	5.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Butler	Southchase
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	21.7%
Black or African American	7.0%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	18.7%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	47.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Butler	Southchase
No high school diploma	2.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	8.7%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Butler	Southchase
Drove alone	69.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	9.1%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Butler	Southchase
1-unit, detached	86.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Butler	Southchase
Poverty rate	2.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.96	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2004	1997