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SheetFL-EAST-LAKE-ORIENT-PARK-FL · East Lake-Orient Park, FL 29,064 pop · income 30th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around East Lake-Orient Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest East Lake-Orient Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Leesburg · lowest
47,506
Leesburg · lowest
47,506 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #1
Columbus · near
56,622
Columbus · near
56,622 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #2
Iron Mountain · near
56,622
Iron Mountain · near
56,622 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #3
East Lake-Ori… · this city
56,623
East Lake-Ori… · this city
56,623 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #4
Overton · near
56,625
Overton · near
56,625 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #5
Rockford · near
56,625
Rockford · near
56,625 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #6
Sachse · highest
130,839
Sachse · highest
130,839 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for East Lake-Orient Park on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 29,064.
East Lake-Orient Park ranks in the 30th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
30th
percentile, household income
49th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: East Lake-Orient Park, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 29,064 residents in East Lake-Orient Park, a small city within Florida. Households in East Lake-Orient Park report a median income of $56,623 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.6%. East Lake-Orient Park's housing stock carries a median value of $221,500, and the median resident age is 35.1 years. 22.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 64.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in East Lake-Orient Park report an average commute of 22.2 minutes, with 63.6% driving alone and 17.7% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of East Lake-Orient Park's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For East Lake-Orient Park, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in East Lake-Orient Park?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in East Lake-Orient Park?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 63.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.2 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for East Lake-Orient Park?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Fleming Island (29,351 residents, $119,046 income); Golden Gate (28,767 residents, $64,767 income); Vero Beach South (29,365 residents, $71,675 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Russellville, AR (29,057 residents); Sachse, TX (29,075 residents); Easton, PA (29,079 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Below median income · poverty 11.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · East Lake-Orient Park, FL
32/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$56,623
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
East Lake-Orient Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 42/100 (D) · 22.5%
Poverty rate: 33/100 (F) · 11.6%
Household income: 30/100 (F) · $56,623
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does East Lake-Orient Park compare to other US cities?
Here's how East Lake-Orient Park stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income30% higher than other cities
Home value49% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares East Lake-Orient Park against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places East Lake-Orient Park near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, East Lake-Orient Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares East Lake-Orient Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#645 of 903
29th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#642 of 894
28th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#292 of 930
68th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#552 of 930
40th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
30th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How East Lake-Orient Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$221,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 51% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
East Lake-Orient Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,435 of 15,516
More affordable than 33% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,906 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.9×, East Lake-Orient Park sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,435 of 15,516 and #1,906 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$56,623East Lake-Orient Park, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context East Lake-Orient Park, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for East Lake-Orient Park, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
29,064
Median Income
$56,623
Median Home Value
$221,500
Median Age
35.1
Poverty Rate
11.6%
Labor force participation
64.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.2 minutes
Drive Alone
63.6%
Carpool
11.9%
Public Transit
2.8%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
17.7%
Other
3.0%
Based on 14,297 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for East Lake-Orient Park. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around East Lake-Orient Park is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county East Lake-Orient Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How East Lake-Orient Park compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.