Heathrow vs Longwood

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

Heathrow 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 7,033 in Heathrow). Heathrow has the higher median household income ($122,837 vs $77,214 in Longwood). Heathrow has the higher median home value ($543,600 vs $327,400 in Longwood).

Population, income & housing

	Heathrow	Longwood
Population	7,033	15,952
Median age	47.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$122,837	$77,214
Median home value	$543,600	$327,400
Median gross rent	$1,904	$1,661
Housing units	3,168	6,388
Homeownership rate	68.3%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heathrow	Longwood
Population	6,987 → 7,033 (+0.7%)	14,930 → 15,952 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$105,833 → $122,837 (+16.1%)	$65,805 → $77,214 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$446,400 → $543,600 (+21.8%)	$213,600 → $327,400 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,519 → $1,904 (+25.3%)	$1,226 → $1,661 (+35.5%)

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

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)

	Heathrow	Longwood
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	21.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heathrow	Longwood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	57.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	16.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heathrow	Longwood
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	9.4%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	48.4%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heathrow	Longwood
Drove alone	57.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	38.3%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heathrow	Longwood
1-unit, detached	62.2%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	11.9%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Heathrow	Longwood
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1998	1980