Auburndale vs Winter Haven

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

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

Winter Haven has the higher population (52,846 vs 17,438 in Auburndale). Auburndale has the higher median household income ($68,267 vs $59,604 in Winter Haven). Auburndale has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $248,200 in Winter Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
Population	17,438	52,846
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$59,604
Median home value	$272,700	$248,200
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,200
Housing units	6,951	22,944
Homeownership rate	67.8%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	41,248 → 52,846 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$46,669 → $59,604 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$154,100 → $248,200 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$961 → $1,200 (+24.9%)

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

Winter Haven

Population

41,24852,846

Median household income

$46,669$59,604

Median home value

$154,100$248,200

Median gross rent

$961$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.4%
75 and over	9.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	44.0%
Black or African American	14.8%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
No high school diploma	15.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
Drove alone	82.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
1-unit, detached	74.2%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Winter Haven
Poverty rate	12.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1988	1988