Haines City vs Lakeland

A side-by-side comparison of Haines City and Lakeland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeland has the higher population (117,030 vs 31,156 in Haines City). Lakeland has the higher median household income ($60,947 vs $58,227 in Haines City). Haines City has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $229,100 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Haines City	Lakeland
Population	31,156	117,030
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,227	$60,947
Median home value	$250,700	$229,100
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,299
Housing units	12,796	53,926
Homeownership rate	67.9%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haines City	Lakeland
Population	24,164 → 31,156 (+28.9%)	107,922 → 117,030 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$44,279 → $58,227 (+31.5%)	$47,511 → $60,947 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$141,400 → $250,700 (+77.3%)	$149,500 → $229,100 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,216 (+18.8%)	$999 → $1,299 (+30.0%)

Haines City

Population

24,16431,156

Median household income

$44,279$58,227

Median home value

$141,400$250,700

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,216

Lakeland

Population

107,922117,030

Median household income

$47,511$60,947

Median home value

$149,500$229,100

Median gross rent

$999$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haines City	Lakeland
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.3%
75 and over	7.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haines City	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	57.0%
Black or African American	24.6%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haines City	Lakeland
No high school diploma	16.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haines City	Lakeland
Drove alone	82.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	8.7%	11.6%
Other means	2.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haines City	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	65.9%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	12.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Haines City	Lakeland
Poverty rate	16.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	2000	1981