Lake Butler vs Worthington Springs

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

Lake Butler and Worthington Springs 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 235 in Worthington Springs). Worthington Springs has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $154,200 in Lake Butler). Since 2019, Lake Butler's population has grown faster (+3.6% vs -34.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
Population	1,842	235
Median age	31.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,134	—
Median home value	$154,200	$173,400
Median gross rent	$725	$1,225
Housing units	741	144
Homeownership rate	38.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
Population	1,778 → 1,842 (+3.6%)	357 → 235 (-34.2%)
Median household income	$31,750 → $43,134 (+35.9%)	$35,625 → $45,938 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $154,200 (+40.3%)	$164,200 → $173,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $725 (+49.5%)	$817 → $1,225 (+49.9%)

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

Worthington Springs

Population

357235

Median household income

$35,625$45,938

Median home value

$164,200$173,400

Median gross rent

$817$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
Under 5	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	30.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	6.4%	6.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.6%
75 and over	5.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	70.2%
Black or African American	17.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
No high school diploma	15.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
Drove alone	78.4%	89.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
1-unit, detached	49.5%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
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%	60.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Butler	Worthington Springs
Poverty rate	26.6%	29.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1981	1985