Babson Park vs Lake Hamilton

A side-by-side comparison of Babson Park and Lake Hamilton: population, income, housing, and more.

Babson Park and Lake Hamilton are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Hamilton has the higher population (1,767 vs 1,156 in Babson Park). Lake Hamilton has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $56,500 in Babson Park). Lake Hamilton has the higher median home value ($195,200 vs $163,700 in Babson Park).

Population, income & housing

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
Population	1,156	1,767
Median age	22.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,500	$60,000
Median home value	$163,700	$195,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,056
Housing units	434	628
Homeownership rate	86.6%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
Population	1,313 → 1,156 (-12.0%)	1,449 → 1,767 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$55,526 → $56,500 (+1.8%)	$41,420 → $60,000 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $163,700 (+36.1%)	$164,700 → $195,200 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,060 → $1,056 (-0.4%)

Babson Park

Population

1,3131,156

Median household income

$55,526$56,500

Median home value

$120,300$163,700

Lake Hamilton

Population

1,4491,767

Median household income

$41,420$60,000

Median home value

$164,700$195,200

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	34.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	5.9%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.1%
75 and over	0.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	42.7%
Black or African American	11.2%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	27.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
No high school diploma	21.3%	18.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
Drove alone	73.8%	75.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.1%	16.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
1-unit, detached	93.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Babson Park	Lake Hamilton
Poverty rate	15.6%	23.0%
Average household size	2.84	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1971	1976