Fuller Heights vs Lakeland Highlands

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

Fuller Heights 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 10,697 in Fuller Heights). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median household income ($106,012 vs $80,021 in Fuller Heights). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median home value ($352,000 vs $262,000 in Fuller Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
Population	10,697	11,669
Median age	33.9 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,021	$106,012
Median home value	$262,000	$352,000
Median gross rent	$1,416	$1,817
Housing units	4,210	4,630
Homeownership rate	72.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
Population	11,143 → 10,697 (-4.0%)	12,332 → 11,669 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$66,678 → $80,021 (+20.0%)	$92,955 → $106,012 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $262,000 (+54.0%)	$262,900 → $352,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $1,416 (+9.3%)	$1,570 → $1,817 (+15.7%)

Fuller Heights

Population

11,14310,697

Median household income

$66,678$80,021

Median home value

$170,100$262,000

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,416

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)

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
Under 5	6.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	21.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.2%
75 and over	4.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	77.0%
Black or African American	13.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.3%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
Drove alone	70.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.3%	13.3%
Other means	4.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
1-unit, detached	70.2%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Fuller Heights	Lakeland Highlands
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1992	1986