Kissimmee vs St. Cloud

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

Kissimmee and St. Cloud 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 61,963 in St. Cloud). St. Cloud has the higher median household income ($76,196 vs $51,277 in Kissimmee). St. Cloud has the higher median home value ($324,100 vs $273,900 in Kissimmee).

Population, income & housing

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
Population	79,504	61,963
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,277	$76,196
Median home value	$273,900	$324,100
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,528
Housing units	30,542	21,408
Homeownership rate	48.1%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
Population	71,185 → 79,504 (+11.7%)	51,158 → 61,963 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$40,826 → $51,277 (+25.6%)	$55,440 → $76,196 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $273,900 (+58.1%)	$197,500 → $324,100 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,553 (+35.8%)	$1,119 → $1,528 (+36.6%)

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

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)

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
Under 5	5.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.8%
75 and over	5.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	17.0%	39.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	67.6%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
No high school diploma	15.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	27.9%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
Drove alone	67.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	18.5%	11.2%
Public transit	2.4%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.0%	11.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
1-unit, detached	46.4%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	25.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Kissimmee	St. Cloud
Poverty rate	23.7%	10.0%
Average household size	3.01	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1992	2002