Auburndale vs Poinciana

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

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

Poinciana has the higher population (71,665 vs 17,438 in Auburndale). Auburndale has the higher median household income ($68,267 vs $63,042 in Poinciana). Auburndale has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $266,900 in Poinciana).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Poinciana
Population	17,438	71,665
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$63,042
Median home value	$272,700	$266,900
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,712
Housing units	6,951	27,256
Homeownership rate	67.8%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Poinciana
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	69,955 → 71,665 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$49,878 → $63,042 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$170,900 → $266,900 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$1,247 → $1,712 (+37.3%)

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

Poinciana

Population

69,95571,665

Median household income

$49,878$63,042

Median home value

$170,900$266,900

Median gross rent

$1,247$1,712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Poinciana
Under 5	5.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.0%
75 and over	9.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Poinciana
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	15.5%
Black or African American	14.8%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	57.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Poinciana
No high school diploma	15.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Poinciana
Drove alone	82.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Poinciana
1-unit, detached	74.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Poinciana
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.89	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	46
Median year structure built	1988	2004