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Lakewood Ranch, FL

Lakewood Ranch's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

39,434
Residents
$123,471
Median income
$626,500
Median home
$1,526
Median rent (state)
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Sheet FL-LAKEWOOD-RANCH-FL · Lakewood Ranch, FL 39,434 pop · income 88th pct

POP-SMALL · INC-TOP · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-HIGH · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-SMALL 39,434
  • INC-TOP $123,471
  • COL-PAR 103.4
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-TOP 88th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Provincetown
  • HOME-HIGH $626,500
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Provincetown, MA ( $15 income $)

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 Lakewood Ranch

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lakewood Ranch on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lakewood Ranch 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: 39,434.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $123,471. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Lakewood Ranch - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Lakewood Ranch lands in the 88th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

88th
percentile, household income
90th
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73rd
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📝 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: Lakewood Ranch, FL

Lakewood Ranch is a small city in Florida, home to 39,434 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Lakewood Ranch brings in $123,471 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.4%. Home values in Lakewood Ranch run a median of $626,500, and the median resident age is 52.5 years. About 59.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 49.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.

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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). Commute times here average 18.8 minutes, with 60.4% driving alone and 30.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Lakewood Ranch'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 comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Lakewood Ranch, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

Which cities make useful reference points for Lakewood Ranch?

Within Florida, the closest population matches are Aventura (39,372 residents, $82,777 income); Royal Palm Beach (39,089 residents, $92,382 income); DeLand (39,832 residents, $73,352 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Carol Stream, IL (39,427 residents); Chelsea, MA (39,460 residents); Rosenberg, TX (39,467 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.

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.

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Question 2

What does the education layer cover for Lakewood Ranch?

The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 59.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.

The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.

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Question 3

How far does income reach against housing in Lakewood Ranch?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

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4. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Lakewood Ranch?

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.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.8 minutes.

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Population

39,434 residents

Small city (10k–49k)

Median Household Income

$123,471 /yr

High income · poverty 4.4% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

103.4 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average

City profile score · Lakewood Ranch, FL

68/100

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 A+
59.1%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Household income A
$123,471

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate B-
4.4%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

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).

Lakewood Ranch profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Poverty rate, Cost of living. Bachelor's+ shareHousehold incomePoverty rateCost of living 68 B-
Lakewood Ranch profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 59.1%
  • Household income: 87/100 (A) · $123,471
  • Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.4%
  • Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index

How does Lakewood Ranch compare to other US cities?

Where Lakewood Ranch sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 88% higher than other cities
Home value 90% pricier than other cities
Median rent 73% 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 Lakewood Ranch 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 Lakewood Ranch near the bottom of Florida's cities

Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lakewood Ranch ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lakewood Ranch only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#63 of 903
93rd percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#80 of 894
91st percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#668 of 930
28th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#61 of 930
93rd 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.

88thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

88th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Lakewood Ranch's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$626,500 10th percentile more affordable than 10% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). This entry sits in this band. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Lakewood Ranch $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Lakewood Ranch's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,028 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,652 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)

At 5.1×, Lakewood Ranch sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,028 of 15,516 and #2,652 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

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

$123,471 Lakewood Ranch, FL median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Lakewood Ranch, FL Lakewood Ranch, FL's median household income ($123,471) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Lakewood Ranch, FL-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Lakewood Ranch, FL median $123,471/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Lakewood Ranch, 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 Lakewood Ranch, FL.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 59.1%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 4.4%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 49.4%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
39,434
Median Income
$123,471
Median Home Value
$626,500
Median Age
52.5
Poverty Rate
4.4%
Labor force participation
49.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
59.1%

Schools

Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
18.8 minutes
Drive Alone
60.4%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
30.7%
Other
1.6%

Based on 16,152 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 Lakewood Ranch. 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 Lakewood Ranch 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 Lakewood Ranch sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Lakewood Ranch 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Lakewood Ranch (this city) 39,434 $123,471
Aventura 39,372 $82,777
Royal Palm Beach 39,089 $92,382
DeLand 39,832 $73,352
NCES CCD
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, 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.

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