Davenport vs Lakeland Highlands

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

Davenport 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 11,660 in Davenport). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median household income ($106,012 vs $65,157 in Davenport). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median home value ($352,000 vs $297,000 in Davenport).

Population, income & housing

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
Population	11,660	11,669
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,157	$106,012
Median home value	$297,000	$352,000
Median gross rent	$2,875	$1,817
Housing units	4,115	4,630
Homeownership rate	92.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
Population	4,682 → 11,660 (+149.0%)	12,332 → 11,669 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$48,182 → $65,157 (+35.2%)	$92,955 → $106,012 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $297,000 (+69.7%)	$262,900 → $352,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,451 → $2,875 (+98.1%)	$1,570 → $1,817 (+15.7%)

Davenport

Population

4,68211,660

Median household income

$48,182$65,157

Median home value

$175,000$297,000

Median gross rent

$1,451$2,875

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)

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
Under 5	9.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	22.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	13.2%
75 and over	3.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	77.0%
Black or African American	20.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.9%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	52.0%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
No high school diploma	14.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.1%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
Drove alone	84.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.9%	13.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
1-unit, detached	83.1%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Davenport	Lakeland Highlands
Poverty rate	18.0%	3.7%
Average household size	3.41	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	41	24
Median year structure built	2012	1986