Cypress Gardens vs Lakeland Highlands

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

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

Lakeland Highlands has the higher population (11,669 vs 10,013 in Cypress Gardens). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median household income ($106,012 vs $85,997 in Cypress Gardens). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median home value ($352,000 vs $270,600 in Cypress Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
Population	10,013	11,669
Median age	37.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,997	$106,012
Median home value	$270,600	$352,000
Median gross rent	$1,540	$1,817
Housing units	4,275	4,630
Homeownership rate	79.2%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
Population	10,252 → 10,013 (-2.3%)	12,332 → 11,669 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$62,963 → $85,997 (+36.6%)	$92,955 → $106,012 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $270,600 (+61.1%)	$262,900 → $352,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,540 (+29.7%)	$1,570 → $1,817 (+15.7%)

Cypress Gardens

Population

10,25210,013

Median household income

$62,963$85,997

Median home value

$168,000$270,600

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,540

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)

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
Under 5	6.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.2%
75 and over	8.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	77.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.7%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
Drove alone	90.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	13.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
1-unit, detached	82.8%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Cypress Gardens	Lakeland Highlands
Poverty rate	11.6%	3.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1978	1986