Lake County vs Seminole County

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

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

Seminole County has the higher population (474,912 vs 398,696 in Lake County). Seminole County has the higher median household income ($83,030 vs $69,956 in Lake County). Seminole County has the higher median home value ($357,300 vs $287,900 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Seminole County
Population	398,696	474,912
Median age	46.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,956	$83,030
Median home value	$287,900	$357,300
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,686
Housing units	182,666	197,167
Homeownership rate	76.6%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Seminole County
Population	345,867 → 398,696 (+15.3%)	461,402 → 474,912 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$54,513 → $69,956 (+28.3%)	$66,768 → $83,030 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$181,400 → $287,900 (+58.7%)	$242,600 → $357,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,468 (+35.4%)	$1,242 → $1,686 (+35.7%)

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

Seminole County

Population

461,402474,912

Median household income

$66,768$83,030

Median home value

$242,600$357,300

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Seminole County
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.6%
75 and over	12.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Seminole County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	56.1%
Black or African American	9.8%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Seminole County
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Seminole County
Drove alone	73.9%	69.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.5%	19.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Seminole County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	14.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Seminole County
Poverty rate	9.5%	9.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1996	1988