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Lake Placid CCD, Highlands County, FL

24,498 Population
624.1 square miles 39.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Highlands County: 54.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,247 ±$2,997 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Highlands County: $32,982 ±$1,328
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$55,894 ±$5,506 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Highlands County: $55,581 ±$2,153
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

12.2% ±2.2% (2,944  ±559) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Highlands County: 15.4% 15,723 (±1.5% / ±1,557)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

28.6 minutes ±3.2 (225,105  ±33,867) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Highlands County: 23.1 751,255 (±0.8 / ±40,141)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

10,939 ±590 Number of households
  • Highlands County: 45,943 ±754
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.2 ±0.1 (24,030  ±1,463) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Highlands County: 2.2 101,921 (±0 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

4.3% ±3.4% (144  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Highlands County: 4.4% † 753 (±1.6% / ±278)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

14,594 ±687 Number of housing units
  • Highlands County: 58,086 ±65
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$207,600 ±$13,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Highlands County: $177,900 ±$7,281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

10% ±2.3% (2,438  ±571.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Highlands County: 12% 12,336 (±1.1% / ±1,149.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

85.6% ±2.5% (16,267  ±1,039.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Highlands County: 86.4% 69,519 (±2.4% / ±1,971.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
20.8% ±2.6% (3,948  ±540.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Highlands County: 19.7% 15,880 (±1.2% / ±1,001.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.7% ±2.6% (3,352  ±676) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Highlands County: 10.8% 11,191
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

10.7% ±1.5% (2,130  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Highlands County: 11% 9,508 (±0.8% / ±685)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
2,130 Total veterans ±320 2,090 Male ±318 40 Female ±33

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