East Lake vs Palm Harbor

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

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

Palm Harbor has the higher population (61,454 vs 33,019 in East Lake). East Lake has the higher median household income ($93,862 vs $75,354 in Palm Harbor). East Lake has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $359,600 in Palm Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
Population	33,019	61,454
Median age	51.4 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,862	$75,354
Median home value	$457,300	$359,600
Median gross rent	$1,844	$1,733
Housing units	14,932	30,353
Homeownership rate	82.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
Population	32,169 → 33,019 (+2.6%)	62,310 → 61,454 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$81,498 → $93,862 (+15.2%)	$59,557 → $75,354 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$346,400 → $457,300 (+32.0%)	$232,900 → $359,600 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,844 (+39.8%)	$1,296 → $1,733 (+33.7%)

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

Palm Harbor

Population

62,31061,454

Median household income

$59,557$75,354

Median home value

$232,900$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
Under 5	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.9%
75 and over	14.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.1%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
Drove alone	69.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	22.5%	19.7%
Other means	2.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
1-unit, detached	53.8%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	12.4%
20 or more units	10.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	East Lake	Palm Harbor
Poverty rate	7.0%	10.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1990	1985