Lake Mary vs Longwood

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

Lake Mary and Longwood 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 15,952 in Longwood). Lake Mary has the higher median household income ($116,944 vs $77,214 in Longwood). Lake Mary has the higher median home value ($462,200 vs $327,400 in Longwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mary	Longwood
Population	16,724	15,952
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$116,944	$77,214
Median home value	$462,200	$327,400
Median gross rent	$1,999	$1,661
Housing units	7,319	6,388
Homeownership rate	66.4%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mary	Longwood
Population	16,698 → 16,724 (+0.2%)	14,930 → 15,952 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$96,983 → $116,944 (+20.6%)	$65,805 → $77,214 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $462,200 (+44.4%)	$213,600 → $327,400 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,633 → $1,999 (+22.4%)	$1,226 → $1,661 (+35.5%)

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

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)

	Lake Mary	Longwood
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mary	Longwood
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	57.8%
Black or African American	10.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	1.2%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mary	Longwood
No high school diploma	3.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	17.5%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mary	Longwood
Drove alone	65.6%	78.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.0%	15.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mary	Longwood
1-unit, detached	57.3%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	14.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mary	Longwood
Poverty rate	2.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1997	1980