Buenaventura Lakes vs Kissimmee

A side-by-side comparison of Buenaventura Lakes and Kissimmee: population, income, housing, and more.

Buenaventura Lakes and Kissimmee are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kissimmee has the higher population (79,504 vs 32,310 in Buenaventura Lakes). Buenaventura Lakes has the higher median household income ($61,822 vs $51,277 in Kissimmee). Buenaventura Lakes has the higher median home value ($282,700 vs $273,900 in Kissimmee).

Population, income & housing

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
Population	32,310	79,504
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,822	$51,277
Median home value	$282,700	$273,900
Median gross rent	$1,713	$1,553
Housing units	10,717	30,542
Homeownership rate	75.4%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
Population	34,784 → 32,310 (-7.1%)	71,185 → 79,504 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$48,974 → $61,822 (+26.2%)	$40,826 → $51,277 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $282,700 (+54.8%)	$173,200 → $273,900 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,294 → $1,713 (+32.4%)	$1,144 → $1,553 (+35.8%)

Buenaventura Lakes

Population

34,78432,310

Median household income

$48,974$61,822

Median home value

$182,600$282,700

Median gross rent

$1,294$1,713

Kissimmee

Population

71,18579,504

Median household income

$40,826$51,277

Median home value

$173,200$273,900

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
Under 5	4.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
White (non-Hispanic)	11.7%	17.0%
Black or African American	8.9%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	74.4%	67.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
No high school diploma	15.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	32.6%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
Drove alone	76.6%	67.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	18.5%
Public transit	1.2%	2.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
1-unit, detached	82.3%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Buenaventura Lakes	Kissimmee
Poverty rate	12.4%	23.7%
Average household size	3.30	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1989	1992