Lake Helen vs Oak Hill

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

Lake Helen and Oak Hill 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 2,147 in Oak Hill). Lake Helen has the higher median household income ($94,952 vs $75,474 in Oak Hill). Lake Helen has the higher median home value ($344,900 vs $281,300 in Oak Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
Population	2,877	2,147
Median age	43.8 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,952	$75,474
Median home value	$344,900	$281,300
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,227
Housing units	1,167	1,082
Homeownership rate	82.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
Population	2,760 → 2,877 (+4.2%)	2,082 → 2,147 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$45,057 → $94,952 (+110.7%)	$49,639 → $75,474 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $344,900 (+186.5%)	$198,300 → $281,300 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,255 (+18.1%)	$933 → $1,227 (+31.5%)

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

Oak Hill

Population

2,0822,147

Median household income

$49,639$75,474

Median home value

$198,300$281,300

Median gross rent

$933$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	19.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	14.5%
75 and over	12.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	81.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	9.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
Drove alone	90.5%	65.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	85.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Helen	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	8.4%	19.0%
Average household size	2.94	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1986	1994