Lake Helen vs Samsula-Spruce Creek

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

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

Samsula-Spruce Creek has the higher population (5,174 vs 2,877 in Lake Helen). Lake Helen has the higher median household income ($94,952 vs $90,575 in Samsula-Spruce Creek). Samsula-Spruce Creek has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $344,900 in Lake Helen).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Population	2,877	5,174
Median age	43.8 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$94,952	$90,575
Median home value	$344,900	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,255	$2,440
Housing units	1,167	2,289
Homeownership rate	82.3%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Population	2,760 → 2,877 (+4.2%)	5,637 → 5,174 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$45,057 → $94,952 (+110.7%)	$88,257 → $90,575 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $344,900 (+186.5%)	$329,100 → $384,100 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,255 (+18.1%)	$1,508 → $2,440 (+61.8%)

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

Samsula-Spruce Creek

Population

5,6375,174

Median household income

$88,257$90,575

Median home value

$329,100$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,508$2,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Under 5	4.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	2.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	29.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	18.0%
75 and over	12.1%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Drove alone	90.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
1-unit, detached	85.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Helen	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1986	1988