Lake Helen vs Ponce Inlet

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

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

Ponce Inlet has the higher population (3,392 vs 2,877 in Lake Helen). Ponce Inlet has the higher median household income ($100,313 vs $94,952 in Lake Helen). Ponce Inlet has the higher median home value ($502,100 vs $344,900 in Lake Helen).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
Population	2,877	3,392
Median age	43.8 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,952	$100,313
Median home value	$344,900	$502,100
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,886
Housing units	1,167	3,102
Homeownership rate	82.3%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
Population	2,760 → 2,877 (+4.2%)	3,230 → 3,392 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$45,057 → $94,952 (+110.7%)	$88,182 → $100,313 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $344,900 (+186.5%)	$375,800 → $502,100 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,255 (+18.1%)	$2,172 → $1,886 (-13.2%)

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

Ponce Inlet

Population

3,2303,392

Median household income

$88,182$100,313

Median home value

$375,800$502,100

Median gross rent

$2,172$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
Under 5	4.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	3.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	18.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	30.2%
75 and over	12.1%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
Drove alone	90.5%	60.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
1-unit, detached	85.8%	32.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	58.8%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Helen	Ponce Inlet
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.94	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1986	1993