Desoto Lakes vs Vamo

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

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

Vamo has the higher population (2,845 vs 2,193 in Desoto Lakes). Vamo has the higher median household income ($85,094 vs $72,083 in Desoto Lakes). Desoto Lakes has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $309,900 in Vamo).

Population, income & housing

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
Population	2,193	2,845
Median age	41.8 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$85,094
Median home value	$332,700	$309,900
Median gross rent	$1,625	$3,501
Housing units	665	1,992
Homeownership rate	71.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
Population	4,061 → 2,193 (-46.0%)	4,564 → 2,845 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$71,133 → $72,083 (+1.3%)	$55,482 → $85,094 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$228,700 → $332,700 (+45.5%)	$232,900 → $309,900 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,443 → $1,625 (+12.6%)	$1,359 → $3,501 (+157.6%)

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

Vamo

Population

4,5642,845

Median household income

$55,482$85,094

Median home value

$232,900$309,900

Median gross rent

$1,359$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	2.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	1.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	17.5%
75 and over	5.2%	49.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
No high school diploma	25.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
Drove alone	79.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	3.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
1-unit, detached	83.3%	26.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	24.5%
20 or more units	13.2%	31.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Desoto Lakes	Vamo
Poverty rate	38.9%	2.4%
Average household size	3.30	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1974	1979