Fern Park vs Lake Mary

A side-by-side comparison of Fern Park and Lake Mary: population, income, housing, and more.

Fern Park and Lake Mary are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Mary has the higher population (16,724 vs 8,593 in Fern Park). Lake Mary has the higher median household income ($116,944 vs $60,828 in Fern Park). Lake Mary has the higher median home value ($462,200 vs $321,400 in Fern Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
Population	8,593	16,724
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,828	$116,944
Median home value	$321,400	$462,200
Median gross rent	$1,440	$1,999
Housing units	3,983	7,319
Homeownership rate	57.2%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
Population	8,694 → 8,593 (-1.2%)	16,698 → 16,724 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$60,199 → $60,828 (+1.0%)	$96,983 → $116,944 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$219,800 → $321,400 (+46.2%)	$320,100 → $462,200 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,440 (+27.3%)	$1,633 → $1,999 (+22.4%)

Fern Park

Population

8,6948,593

Median household income

$60,199$60,828

Median home value

$219,800$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,440

Lake Mary

Population

16,69816,724

Median household income

$96,983$116,944

Median home value

$320,100$462,200

Median gross rent

$1,633$1,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
Under 5	6.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	21.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	64.6%
Black or African American	6.5%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	21.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
Drove alone	74.0%	65.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	23.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
1-unit, detached	50.9%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Fern Park	Lake Mary
Poverty rate	10.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1974	1997