East Lake vs Largo

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

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

Largo has the higher population (82,506 vs 33,019 in East Lake). East Lake has the higher median household income ($93,862 vs $60,465 in Largo). East Lake has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $208,500 in Largo).

Population, income & housing

	East Lake	Largo
Population	33,019	82,506
Median age	51.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,862	$60,465
Median home value	$457,300	$208,500
Median gross rent	$1,844	$1,482
Housing units	14,932	46,478
Homeownership rate	82.7%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lake	Largo
Population	32,169 → 33,019 (+2.6%)	84,130 → 82,506 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$81,498 → $93,862 (+15.2%)	$44,323 → $60,465 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$346,400 → $457,300 (+32.0%)	$124,700 → $208,500 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,844 (+39.8%)	$1,076 → $1,482 (+37.7%)

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

Largo

Population

84,13082,506

Median household income

$44,323$60,465

Median home value

$124,700$208,500

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Lake	Largo
Under 5	3.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.6%
75 and over	14.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lake	Largo
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lake	Largo
No high school diploma	4.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	18.1%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lake	Largo
Drove alone	69.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	22.5%	11.3%
Other means	2.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lake	Largo
1-unit, detached	53.8%	29.1%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	16.4%
20 or more units	10.0%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	East Lake	Largo
Poverty rate	7.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1990	1978