Buenaventura Lakes vs St. Cloud

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

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

St. Cloud has the higher population (61,963 vs 32,310 in Buenaventura Lakes). St. Cloud has the higher median household income ($76,196 vs $61,822 in Buenaventura Lakes). St. Cloud has the higher median home value ($324,100 vs $282,700 in Buenaventura Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
Population	32,310	61,963
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,822	$76,196
Median home value	$282,700	$324,100
Median gross rent	$1,713	$1,528
Housing units	10,717	21,408
Homeownership rate	75.4%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
Population	34,784 → 32,310 (-7.1%)	51,158 → 61,963 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$48,974 → $61,822 (+26.2%)	$55,440 → $76,196 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $282,700 (+54.8%)	$197,500 → $324,100 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,294 → $1,713 (+32.4%)	$1,119 → $1,528 (+36.6%)

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

St. Cloud

Population

51,15861,963

Median household income

$55,440$76,196

Median home value

$197,500$324,100

Median gross rent

$1,119$1,528

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
Under 5	4.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.8%
75 and over	5.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	11.7%	39.4%
Black or African American	8.9%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	74.4%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
No high school diploma	15.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
Drove alone	76.6%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
1-unit, detached	82.3%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Buenaventura Lakes	St. Cloud
Poverty rate	12.4%	10.0%
Average household size	3.30	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1989	2002