Haines City vs Winter Haven

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

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

Winter Haven has the higher population (52,846 vs 31,156 in Haines City). Winter Haven has the higher median household income ($59,604 vs $58,227 in Haines City). Haines City has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $248,200 in Winter Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Haines City	Winter Haven
Population	31,156	52,846
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,227	$59,604
Median home value	$250,700	$248,200
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,200
Housing units	12,796	22,944
Homeownership rate	67.9%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haines City	Winter Haven
Population	24,164 → 31,156 (+28.9%)	41,248 → 52,846 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$44,279 → $58,227 (+31.5%)	$46,669 → $59,604 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$141,400 → $250,700 (+77.3%)	$154,100 → $248,200 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,216 (+18.8%)	$961 → $1,200 (+24.9%)

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

Winter Haven

Population

41,24852,846

Median household income

$46,669$59,604

Median home value

$154,100$248,200

Median gross rent

$961$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haines City	Winter Haven
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.4%
75 and over	7.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haines City	Winter Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	44.0%
Black or African American	24.6%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haines City	Winter Haven
No high school diploma	16.3%	12.4%
High school graduate	37.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haines City	Winter Haven
Drove alone	82.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.7%	9.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haines City	Winter Haven
1-unit, detached	65.9%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	9.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Haines City	Winter Haven
Poverty rate	16.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	2000	1988