Lake County vs Osceola County

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

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

Osceola County has the higher population (406,943 vs 398,696 in Lake County). Lake County has the higher median household income ($69,956 vs $68,711 in Osceola County). Osceola County has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $287,900 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Osceola County
Population	398,696	406,943
Median age	46.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,956	$68,711
Median home value	$287,900	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,651
Housing units	182,666	164,195
Homeownership rate	76.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Osceola County
Population	345,867 → 398,696 (+15.3%)	351,955 → 406,943 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$54,513 → $69,956 (+28.3%)	$52,279 → $68,711 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$181,400 → $287,900 (+58.7%)	$201,000 → $317,600 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,468 (+35.4%)	$1,228 → $1,651 (+34.4%)

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

Osceola County

Population

351,955406,943

Median household income

$52,279$68,711

Median home value

$201,000$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,651

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Osceola County
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.1%
75 and over	12.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Osceola County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	28.5%
Black or African American	9.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	55.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Osceola County
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Osceola County
Drove alone	73.9%	72.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.9%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.5%	11.9%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Osceola County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	14.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Osceola County
Poverty rate	9.5%	12.5%
Average household size	2.47	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1996	2001