De Leon Springs vs Lake Helen

A side-by-side comparison of De Leon Springs and Lake Helen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Helen has the higher population (2,877 vs 2,784 in De Leon Springs). Lake Helen has the higher median household income ($94,952 vs $53,468 in De Leon Springs). Lake Helen has the higher median home value ($344,900 vs $240,000 in De Leon Springs).

Population, income & housing

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
Population	2,784	2,877
Median age	32.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,468	$94,952
Median home value	$240,000	$344,900
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,255
Housing units	998	1,167
Homeownership rate	83.5%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
Population	2,840 → 2,784 (-2.0%)	2,760 → 2,877 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$48,397 → $53,468 (+10.5%)	$45,057 → $94,952 (+110.7%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $240,000 (+51.2%)	$120,400 → $344,900 (+186.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,060 (-4.5%)	$1,063 → $1,255 (+18.1%)

De Leon Springs

Population

2,8402,784

Median household income

$48,397$53,468

Median home value

$158,700$240,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,060

Lake Helen

Population

2,7602,877

Median household income

$45,057$94,952

Median home value

$120,400$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
Under 5	6.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	21.7%	17.4%
75 and over	5.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	55.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
No high school diploma	14.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	47.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
Drove alone	66.3%	90.5%
Carpooled	22.5%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
1-unit, detached	94.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	De Leon Springs	Lake Helen
Poverty rate	4.3%	8.4%
Average household size	3.15	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1986	1986