East Lake vs Safety Harbor

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

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

East Lake has the higher population (33,019 vs 17,040 in Safety Harbor). Safety Harbor has the higher median household income ($105,813 vs $93,862 in East Lake). East Lake has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $433,300 in Safety Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
Population	33,019	17,040
Median age	51.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,862	$105,813
Median home value	$457,300	$433,300
Median gross rent	$1,844	$1,719
Housing units	14,932	7,602
Homeownership rate	82.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
Population	32,169 → 33,019 (+2.6%)	17,803 → 17,040 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$81,498 → $93,862 (+15.2%)	$78,026 → $105,813 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$346,400 → $457,300 (+32.0%)	$268,800 → $433,300 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,844 (+39.8%)	$1,319 → $1,719 (+30.3%)

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

Safety Harbor

Population

17,80317,040

Median household income

$78,026$105,813

Median home value

$268,800$433,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
Under 5	3.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.0%
75 and over	14.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	74.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	18.1%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
Drove alone	69.7%	65.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.5%	23.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
1-unit, detached	53.8%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	10.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	East Lake	Safety Harbor
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1990	1984