Auburndale vs Lake Wales

A side-by-side comparison of Auburndale and Lake Wales: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburndale and Lake Wales 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 16,365 in Lake Wales). Auburndale has the higher median household income ($68,267 vs $55,799 in Lake Wales). Auburndale has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $225,900 in Lake Wales).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
Population	17,438	16,365
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$55,799
Median home value	$272,700	$225,900
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,060
Housing units	6,951	7,961
Homeownership rate	67.8%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	16,035 → 16,365 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$44,186 → $55,799 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$167,400 → $225,900 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$821 → $1,060 (+29.1%)

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

Lake Wales

Population

16,03516,365

Median household income

$44,186$55,799

Median home value

$167,400$225,900

Median gross rent

$821$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
Under 5	5.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.9%
75 and over	9.1%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	47.6%
Black or African American	14.8%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	30.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
No high school diploma	15.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
Drove alone	82.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.5%
Other means	1.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
1-unit, detached	74.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Lake Wales
Poverty rate	12.9%	24.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1988	1992