Desoto Lakes vs Old Miakka

A side-by-side comparison of Desoto Lakes and Old Miakka: population, income, housing, and more.

Desoto Lakes and Old Miakka are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Desoto Lakes has the higher population (2,193 vs 1,398 in Old Miakka). Old Miakka has the higher median household income ($133,193 vs $72,083 in Desoto Lakes). Old Miakka has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $332,700 in Desoto Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
Population	2,193	1,398
Median age	41.8 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$133,193
Median home value	$332,700	$640,400
Median gross rent	$1,625	—
Housing units	665	589
Homeownership rate	71.3%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
Population	4,061 → 2,193 (-46.0%)	1,486 → 1,398 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$71,133 → $72,083 (+1.3%)	$87,738 → $133,193 (+51.8%)
Median home value	$228,700 → $332,700 (+45.5%)	$374,700 → $640,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,443 → $1,625 (+12.6%)	—

Desoto Lakes

Population

4,0612,193

Median household income

$71,133$72,083

Median home value

$228,700$332,700

Median gross rent

$1,443$1,625

Old Miakka

Population

1,4861,398

Median household income

$87,738$133,193

Median home value

$374,700$640,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
Under 5	3.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	9.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	16.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.9%
75 and over	5.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	49.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
No high school diploma	25.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
Drove alone	79.3%	64.5%
Carpooled	14.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.8%
Other means	3.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
1-unit, detached	83.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Desoto Lakes	Old Miakka
Poverty rate	38.9%	4.6%
Average household size	3.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1974	1986