University vs Winter Garden

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

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

Winter Garden has the higher population (47,182 vs 42,481 in University). Winter Garden has the higher median household income ($106,371 vs $59,322 in University). Winter Garden has the higher median home value ($428,200 vs $275,300 in University).

Population, income & housing

	University	Winter Garden
Population	42,481	47,182
Median age	20.4 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,322	$106,371
Median home value	$275,300	$428,200
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,727
Housing units	9,896	16,707
Homeownership rate	37.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	University	Winter Garden
Population	35,777 → 42,481 (+18.7%)	43,648 → 47,182 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$43,520 → $59,322 (+36.3%)	$73,739 → $106,371 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$193,800 → $275,300 (+42.1%)	$313,600 → $428,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,393 (+26.1%)	$1,106 → $1,727 (+56.1%)

University

Population

35,77742,481

Median household income

$43,520$59,322

Median home value

$193,800$275,300

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,393

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)

	University	Winter Garden
Under 5	1.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	61.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	4.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.7%
75 and over	3.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	University	Winter Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	50.9%
Black or African American	7.2%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	University	Winter Garden
No high school diploma	12.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	24.3%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	University	Winter Garden
Drove alone	67.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.2%
Public transit	2.5%	0.3%
Walked	6.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.0%	18.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	University	Winter Garden
1-unit, detached	38.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	21.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	University	Winter Garden
Poverty rate	25.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.47	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1993	2004