Dunedin vs East Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Dunedin and East Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunedin has the higher population (36,060 vs 33,019 in East Lake). East Lake has the higher median household income ($93,862 vs $68,068 in Dunedin). East Lake has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $341,700 in Dunedin).

Population, income & housing

	Dunedin	East Lake
Population	36,060	33,019
Median age	57.9 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,068	$93,862
Median home value	$341,700	$457,300
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,844
Housing units	21,411	14,932
Homeownership rate	68.6%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunedin	East Lake
Population	36,381 → 36,060 (-0.9%)	32,169 → 33,019 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$50,356 → $68,068 (+35.2%)	$81,498 → $93,862 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$198,700 → $341,700 (+72.0%)	$346,400 → $457,300 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,523 (+40.1%)	$1,319 → $1,844 (+39.8%)

Dunedin

Population

36,38136,060

Median household income

$50,356$68,068

Median home value

$198,700$341,700

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,523

East Lake

Population

32,16933,019

Median household income

$81,498$93,862

Median home value

$346,400$457,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunedin	East Lake
Under 5	3.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	20.9%	14.4%
75 and over	13.8%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunedin	East Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	80.8%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunedin	East Lake
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	26.2%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunedin	East Lake
Drove alone	68.4%	69.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.1%	22.5%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunedin	East Lake
1-unit, detached	45.7%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	17.5%
20 or more units	16.7%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dunedin	East Lake
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1976	1990