Haines City vs Poinciana

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

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

Poinciana has the higher population (71,665 vs 31,156 in Haines City). Poinciana has the higher median household income ($63,042 vs $58,227 in Haines City). Poinciana has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $250,700 in Haines City).

Population, income & housing

	Haines City	Poinciana
Population	31,156	71,665
Median age	37.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,227	$63,042
Median home value	$250,700	$266,900
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,712
Housing units	12,796	27,256
Homeownership rate	67.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haines City	Poinciana
Population	24,164 → 31,156 (+28.9%)	69,955 → 71,665 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$44,279 → $58,227 (+31.5%)	$49,878 → $63,042 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$141,400 → $250,700 (+77.3%)	$170,900 → $266,900 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,216 (+18.8%)	$1,247 → $1,712 (+37.3%)

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

Poinciana

Population

69,95571,665

Median household income

$49,878$63,042

Median home value

$170,900$266,900

Median gross rent

$1,247$1,712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haines City	Poinciana
Under 5	5.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.0%
75 and over	7.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haines City	Poinciana
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	15.5%
Black or African American	24.6%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	57.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haines City	Poinciana
No high school diploma	16.3%	12.4%
High school graduate	37.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haines City	Poinciana
Drove alone	82.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haines City	Poinciana
1-unit, detached	65.9%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Haines City	Poinciana
Poverty rate	16.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.98	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	35	46
Median year structure built	2000	2004