Glencoe vs Lake Helen

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

Glencoe 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 1,479 in Glencoe). Lake Helen has the higher median household income ($94,952 vs $53,024 in Glencoe). Glencoe has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $344,900 in Lake Helen).

Population, income & housing

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
Population	1,479	2,877
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,024	$94,952
Median home value	$350,000	$344,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,255
Housing units	799	1,167
Homeownership rate	92.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
Population	1,773 → 1,479 (-16.6%)	2,760 → 2,877 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$69,459 → $53,024 (-23.7%)	$45,057 → $94,952 (+110.7%)
Median home value	$276,500 → $350,000 (+26.6%)	$120,400 → $344,900 (+186.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,255 (+18.1%)

Glencoe

Population

1,7731,479

Median household income

$69,459$53,024

Median home value

$276,500$350,000

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)

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	28.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	1.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.3%	17.4%
75 and over	8.7%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
Drove alone	83.3%	90.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
1-unit, detached	79.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Glencoe	Lake Helen
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1988	1986