Auburndale vs Lakeland Highlands

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

Auburndale and Lakeland Highlands 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 11,669 in Lakeland Highlands). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median household income ($106,012 vs $68,267 in Auburndale). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median home value ($352,000 vs $272,700 in Auburndale).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
Population	17,438	11,669
Median age	42.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$106,012
Median home value	$272,700	$352,000
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,817
Housing units	6,951	4,630
Homeownership rate	67.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	12,332 → 11,669 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$92,955 → $106,012 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$262,900 → $352,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$1,570 → $1,817 (+15.7%)

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 Highlands

Population

12,33211,669

Median household income

$92,955$106,012

Median home value

$262,900$352,000

Median gross rent

$1,570$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
Under 5	5.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.2%
75 and over	9.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	77.0%
Black or African American	14.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
No high school diploma	15.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
Drove alone	82.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	13.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
1-unit, detached	74.2%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Lakeland Highlands
Poverty rate	12.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.89	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1988	1986