Fern Park vs Longwood

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

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

Longwood has the higher population (15,952 vs 8,593 in Fern Park). Longwood has the higher median household income ($77,214 vs $60,828 in Fern Park). Longwood has the higher median home value ($327,400 vs $321,400 in Fern Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Park	Longwood
Population	8,593	15,952
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,828	$77,214
Median home value	$321,400	$327,400
Median gross rent	$1,440	$1,661
Housing units	3,983	6,388
Homeownership rate	57.2%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Park	Longwood
Population	8,694 → 8,593 (-1.2%)	14,930 → 15,952 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$60,199 → $60,828 (+1.0%)	$65,805 → $77,214 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$219,800 → $321,400 (+46.2%)	$213,600 → $327,400 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,440 (+27.3%)	$1,226 → $1,661 (+35.5%)

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

Longwood

Population

14,93015,952

Median household income

$65,805$77,214

Median home value

$213,600$327,400

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Park	Longwood
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	21.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Park	Longwood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	57.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Park	Longwood
No high school diploma	6.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	21.7%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Park	Longwood
Drove alone	74.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Park	Longwood
1-unit, detached	50.9%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	4.4%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fern Park	Longwood
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1974	1980