Auburndale vs Haines City

A side-by-side comparison of Auburndale and Haines City: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburndale and Haines City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Haines City has the higher population (31,156 vs 17,438 in Auburndale). Auburndale has the higher median household income ($68,267 vs $58,227 in Haines City). Auburndale has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $250,700 in Haines City).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Haines City
Population	17,438	31,156
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$58,227
Median home value	$272,700	$250,700
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,216
Housing units	6,951	12,796
Homeownership rate	67.8%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Haines City
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	24,164 → 31,156 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$44,279 → $58,227 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$141,400 → $250,700 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$1,024 → $1,216 (+18.8%)

Auburndale

Population

15,79917,438

Median household income

$54,066$68,267

Median home value

$180,800$272,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,127

Haines City

Population

24,16431,156

Median household income

$44,279$58,227

Median home value

$141,400$250,700

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Haines City
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.8%
75 and over	9.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Haines City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	26.3%
Black or African American	14.8%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Haines City
No high school diploma	15.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Haines City
Drove alone	82.8%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.7%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Haines City
1-unit, detached	74.2%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Haines City
Poverty rate	12.9%	16.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1988	2000