Auburndale vs Highland City

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

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

Auburndale has the higher population (17,438 vs 12,732 in Highland City). Highland City has the higher median household income ($88,628 vs $68,267 in Auburndale). Highland City has the higher median home value ($301,600 vs $272,700 in Auburndale).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Highland City
Population	17,438	12,732
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$88,628
Median home value	$272,700	$301,600
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,679
Housing units	6,951	4,776
Homeownership rate	67.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Highland City
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	10,602 → 12,732 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$68,563 → $88,628 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$167,300 → $301,600 (+80.3%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$1,098 → $1,679 (+52.9%)

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

Highland City

Population

10,60212,732

Median household income

$68,563$88,628

Median home value

$167,300$301,600

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Highland City
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.5%
75 and over	9.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Highland City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	63.7%
Black or African American	14.8%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Highland City
No high school diploma	15.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Highland City
Drove alone	82.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Highland City
1-unit, detached	74.2%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Highland City
Poverty rate	12.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1988	1999