Lakeland vs Poinciana

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

Lakeland and Poinciana 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 71,665 in Poinciana). Poinciana has the higher median household income ($63,042 vs $60,947 in Lakeland). Poinciana has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $229,100 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland	Poinciana
Population	117,030	71,665
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,947	$63,042
Median home value	$229,100	$266,900
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,712
Housing units	53,926	27,256
Homeownership rate	56.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland	Poinciana
Population	107,922 → 117,030 (+8.4%)	69,955 → 71,665 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$47,511 → $60,947 (+28.3%)	$49,878 → $63,042 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$149,500 → $229,100 (+53.2%)	$170,900 → $266,900 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$999 → $1,299 (+30.0%)	$1,247 → $1,712 (+37.3%)

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

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)

	Lakeland	Poinciana
Under 5	5.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.0%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland	Poinciana
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	15.5%
Black or African American	17.7%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	57.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland	Poinciana
No high school diploma	9.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	31.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland	Poinciana
Drove alone	73.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	2.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland	Poinciana
1-unit, detached	50.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland	Poinciana
Poverty rate	14.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.35	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	46
Median year structure built	1981	2004