Lakeland Highlands vs Medulla

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

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

Medulla has the higher population (11,712 vs 11,669 in Lakeland Highlands). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median household income ($106,012 vs $72,604 in Medulla). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median home value ($352,000 vs $288,400 in Medulla).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
Population	11,669	11,712
Median age	46.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,012	$72,604
Median home value	$352,000	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,817	$1,227
Housing units	4,630	4,565
Homeownership rate	81.2%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
Population	12,332 → 11,669 (-5.4%)	10,275 → 11,712 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$92,955 → $106,012 (+14.0%)	$51,541 → $72,604 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$262,900 → $352,000 (+33.9%)	$180,900 → $288,400 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,570 → $1,817 (+15.7%)	$1,045 → $1,227 (+17.4%)

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

Medulla

Population

10,27511,712

Median household income

$51,541$72,604

Median home value

$180,900$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
Under 5	3.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	52.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	22.8%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
Drove alone	74.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.3%	12.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
1-unit, detached	79.8%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland Highlands	Medulla
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1986	1996