Lake Park vs Pahokee

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Park and Pahokee: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Park and Pahokee are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Park has the higher population (9,005 vs 5,539 in Pahokee). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($69,274 vs $50,464 in Pahokee). Lake Park has the higher median home value ($361,700 vs $137,500 in Pahokee).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Pahokee
Population	9,005	5,539
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,274	$50,464
Median home value	$361,700	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,396	$912
Housing units	3,642	1,646
Homeownership rate	49.5%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Pahokee
Population	8,508 → 9,005 (+5.8%)	6,269 → 5,539 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$61,705 → $69,274 (+12.3%)	$27,095 → $50,464 (+86.2%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $361,700 (+79.6%)	$97,000 → $137,500 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,396 (+22.5%)	$567 → $912 (+60.8%)

Lake Park

Population

8,5089,005

Median household income

$61,705$69,274

Median home value

$201,400$361,700

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,396

Pahokee

Population

6,2695,539

Median household income

$27,095$50,464

Median home value

$97,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$567$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Pahokee
Under 5	5.4%	10.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.2%
75 and over	6.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Pahokee
White (non-Hispanic)	24.3%	13.5%
Black or African American	56.5%	51.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Pahokee
No high school diploma	16.2%	30.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Pahokee
Drove alone	67.5%	68.8%
Carpooled	14.2%	13.3%
Public transit	2.2%	6.4%
Walked	2.6%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	1.7%
Other means	1.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Pahokee
1-unit, detached	43.2%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	26.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	17.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Pahokee
Poverty rate	14.5%	27.4%
Average household size	2.81	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1977	1969