Heathrow vs Lake Mary

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

Heathrow 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 7,033 in Heathrow). Heathrow has the higher median household income ($122,837 vs $116,944 in Lake Mary). Heathrow has the higher median home value ($543,600 vs $462,200 in Lake Mary).

Population, income & housing

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
Population	7,033	16,724
Median age	47.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$122,837	$116,944
Median home value	$543,600	$462,200
Median gross rent	$1,904	$1,999
Housing units	3,168	7,319
Homeownership rate	68.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
Population	6,987 → 7,033 (+0.7%)	16,698 → 16,724 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$105,833 → $122,837 (+16.1%)	$96,983 → $116,944 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$446,400 → $543,600 (+21.8%)	$320,100 → $462,200 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,519 → $1,904 (+25.3%)	$1,633 → $1,999 (+22.4%)

Heathrow

Population

6,9877,033

Median household income

$105,833$122,837

Median home value

$446,400$543,600

Median gross rent

$1,519$1,904

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)

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	21.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.6%
75 and over	8.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	64.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	16.4%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	9.4%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	48.4%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
Drove alone	57.1%	65.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.3%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
1-unit, detached	62.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	11.9%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Heathrow	Lake Mary
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1998	1997