Celebration vs Kissimmee

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

Celebration 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 13,150 in Celebration). Celebration has the higher median household income ($97,654 vs $51,277 in Kissimmee). Celebration has the higher median home value ($613,000 vs $273,900 in Kissimmee).

Population, income & housing

	Celebration	Kissimmee
Population	13,150	79,504
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$97,654	$51,277
Median home value	$613,000	$273,900
Median gross rent	$1,948	$1,553
Housing units	6,480	30,542
Homeownership rate	58.3%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Celebration	Kissimmee
Population	9,923 → 13,150 (+32.5%)	71,185 → 79,504 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$86,767 → $97,654 (+12.5%)	$40,826 → $51,277 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$494,100 → $613,000 (+24.1%)	$173,200 → $273,900 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,948 (+11.1%)	$1,144 → $1,553 (+35.8%)

Celebration

Population

9,92313,150

Median household income

$86,767$97,654

Median home value

$494,100$613,000

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,948

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)

	Celebration	Kissimmee
Under 5	7.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.5%
75 and over	8.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Celebration	Kissimmee
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	17.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	67.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Celebration	Kissimmee
No high school diploma	1.6%	15.2%
High school graduate	11.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Celebration	Kissimmee
Drove alone	53.2%	67.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	18.5%
Public transit	1.5%	2.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	37.9%	9.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Celebration	Kissimmee
1-unit, detached	41.7%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	29.5%	25.4%
20 or more units	17.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Celebration	Kissimmee
Poverty rate	3.5%	23.7%
Average household size	2.69	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	2004	1992