Lake Butler vs Raiford

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Butler and Raiford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Butler has the higher population (1,842 vs 286 in Raiford). Lake Butler has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $101,900 in Raiford). Since 2019, Raiford's population has grown faster (+34.9% vs +3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Butler	Raiford
Population	1,842	286
Median age	31.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,134	—
Median home value	$154,200	$101,900
Median gross rent	$725	$933
Housing units	741	133
Homeownership rate	38.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Butler	Raiford
Population	1,778 → 1,842 (+3.6%)	212 → 286 (+34.9%)
Median household income	$31,750 → $43,134 (+35.9%)	$28,594 → $45,833 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $154,200 (+40.3%)	$92,500 → $101,900 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $725 (+49.5%)	$818 → $933 (+14.1%)

Lake Butler

Population

1,7781,842

Median household income

$31,750$43,134

Median home value

$109,900$154,200

Median gross rent

$485$725

Raiford

Population

212286

Median household income

$28,594$45,833

Median home value

$92,500$101,900

Median gross rent

$818$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Butler	Raiford
Under 5	7.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	25.8%	25.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	3.8%
55 to 64	6.4%	30.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.9%
75 and over	5.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Butler	Raiford
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	17.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Butler	Raiford
No high school diploma	15.4%	20.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Butler	Raiford
Drove alone	78.4%	92.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Butler	Raiford
1-unit, detached	49.5%	40.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Butler	Raiford
Poverty rate	26.6%	26.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1981	1984