Auburndale vs Lakeland

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

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

Lakeland has the higher population (117,030 vs 17,438 in Auburndale). Auburndale has the higher median household income ($68,267 vs $60,947 in Lakeland). Auburndale has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $229,100 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Lakeland
Population	17,438	117,030
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$60,947
Median home value	$272,700	$229,100
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,299
Housing units	6,951	53,926
Homeownership rate	67.8%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Lakeland
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	107,922 → 117,030 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$47,511 → $60,947 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$149,500 → $229,100 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$999 → $1,299 (+30.0%)

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

Lakeland

Population

107,922117,030

Median household income

$47,511$60,947

Median home value

$149,500$229,100

Median gross rent

$999$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.3%
75 and over	9.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	57.0%
Black or African American	14.8%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Lakeland
No high school diploma	15.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland
Drove alone	82.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.6%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	74.2%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Lakeland
Poverty rate	12.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1988	1981