Belle Glade vs Lantana

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Glade and Lantana: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Glade and Lantana are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Glade has the higher population (16,818 vs 11,845 in Lantana). Lantana has the higher median household income ($69,677 vs $47,191 in Belle Glade). Lantana has the higher median home value ($374,800 vs $141,100 in Belle Glade).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Glade	Lantana
Population	16,818	11,845
Median age	34.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,191	$69,677
Median home value	$141,100	$374,800
Median gross rent	$875	$1,590
Housing units	6,216	5,801
Homeownership rate	39.5%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Glade	Lantana
Population	19,654 → 16,818 (-14.4%)	11,695 → 11,845 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$24,322 → $47,191 (+94.0%)	$49,801 → $69,677 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $141,100 (+24.4%)	$225,600 → $374,800 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $875 (+42.0%)	$1,130 → $1,590 (+40.7%)

Belle Glade

Population

19,65416,818

Median household income

$24,322$47,191

Median home value

$113,400$141,100

Median gross rent

$616$875

Lantana

Population

11,69511,845

Median household income

$49,801$69,677

Median home value

$225,600$374,800

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Glade	Lantana
Under 5	9.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Glade	Lantana
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	41.0%
Black or African American	51.9%	36.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Glade	Lantana
No high school diploma	28.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Glade	Lantana
Drove alone	72.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	11.3%
Public transit	6.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.0%	7.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Glade	Lantana
1-unit, detached	38.3%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	10.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	27.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Belle Glade	Lantana
Poverty rate	28.4%	9.5%
Average household size	3.08	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1980	1971