Lake County vs Manatee County

A side-by-side comparison of Lake County and Manatee County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake County and Manatee County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Manatee County has the higher population (416,020 vs 398,696 in Lake County). Manatee County has the higher median household income ($75,792 vs $69,956 in Lake County). Manatee County has the higher median home value ($359,800 vs $287,900 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Manatee County
Population	398,696	416,020
Median age	46.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,956	$75,792
Median home value	$287,900	$359,800
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,549
Housing units	182,666	214,510
Homeownership rate	76.6%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Manatee County
Population	345,867 → 398,696 (+15.3%)	384,213 → 416,020 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$54,513 → $69,956 (+28.3%)	$59,009 → $75,792 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$181,400 → $287,900 (+58.7%)	$238,500 → $359,800 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,468 (+35.4%)	$1,144 → $1,549 (+35.4%)

Lake County

Population

345,867398,696

Median household income

$54,513$69,956

Median home value

$181,400$287,900

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,468

Manatee County

Population

384,213416,020

Median household income

$59,009$75,792

Median home value

$238,500$359,800

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Manatee County
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.2%
75 and over	12.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Manatee County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	68.4%
Black or African American	9.8%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Manatee County
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Manatee County
Drove alone	73.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.5%	14.9%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Manatee County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	10.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Manatee County
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1996	1990