Lake Placid, Florida demographics

Lake Placid, FL demographics: median age 39.5; 21.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Lake Placid town, Florida · Incorporated town · GEOID 1238625. The survey estimates a population of 2,477 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Lake Placid is 39.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 7.8 years. There are 1,009 households (±135). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	39.5 ±7.8	42.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,477
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Under 18	566 ±192	22.9% ±7.7 pp	19.5%	22.0%
18–34	542 ±170	21.9% ±6.9 pp	20.7%	22.8%
35–64	744 ±192	30.0% ±7.7 pp	38.4%	38.0%
65 and older	625 ±156	25.2% ±6.3 pp	21.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,477
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Male	1,250 ±163	50.5% ±6.6 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	1,227 ±163	49.5% ±6.6 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,477
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
White alone	1,235 ±279	49.9% ±11.3 pp	55.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	244 ±269 · low precision	9.9% ±10.9 pp · low precision	15.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	157 ±166 · low precision	6.3% ±6.7 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	7 ±13 · low precision	0.3% ±0.5 pp · low precision	2.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	418 ±263 · low precision	16.9% ±10.6 pp · low precision	6.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	416 ±221 · low precision	16.8% ±8.9 pp · low precision	19.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,477
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,258 ±277	50.8% ±11.2 pp	72.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,219 ±277	49.2% ±11.2 pp	27.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,009
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Married-couple family	415 ±118	41.1% ±10.3 pp	46.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	73 ±74 · low precision	7.2% ±7.3 pp · low precision	5.2%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	136 ±76 · low precision	13.5% ±7.3 pp · low precision	12.7%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	367 ±148	36.4% ±13.8 pp	28.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	18 ±21 · low precision	1.8% ±2.1 pp · low precision	7.2%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,009
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Households with people under 18	286 ±97	28.3% ±8.8 pp	26.5%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	723 ±194	71.7% ±16.7 pp	73.5%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,009
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	367 ±148	36.4% ±13.8 pp	28.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	218 ±101	21.6% ±9.6 pp	36.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	217 ±105	21.5% ±10.0 pp	15.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	138 ±86 · low precision	13.7% ±8.4 pp · low precision	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	62 ±57 · low precision	6.1% ±5.6 pp · low precision	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	7 ±19 · low precision	0.7% ±1.8 pp · low precision	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±2.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,477
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Native	1,667 ±197	67.3% ±7.9 pp	78.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	810 ±197	32.7% ±7.9 pp	21.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 2,359
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
English only	1,220 ±246	51.7% ±10.3 pp	69.4%	77.7%
Spanish	1,071 ±271	45.4% ±11.4 pp	22.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	37 ±59 · low precision	1.6% ±2.5 pp · low precision	2.7%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	20 ±30 · low precision	0.8% ±1.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	4 ±9 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.9%	2.0%
Korean	7 ±13 · low precision	0.3% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 1,761
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	418 ±179	23.7% ±9.8 pp	10.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	561 ±157	31.9% ±8.2 pp	27.2%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	294 ±110	16.7% ±6.0 pp	18.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	109 ±72 · low precision	6.2% ±4.0 pp · low precision	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	245 ±93	13.9% ±5.0 pp	21.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	134 ±72 · low precision	7.6% ±4.0 pp · low precision	12.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 2,477
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Same house	2,165 ±176	87.4% ±7.1 pp	86.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	177 ±154 · low precision	7.1% ±6.2 pp · low precision	6.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	35 ±32 · low precision	1.4% ±1.3 pp · low precision	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	41 ±62 · low precision	1.7% ±2.5 pp · low precision	2.9%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	59 ±36 · low precision	2.4% ±1.5 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

41.9% of Lake Placid residents (±10.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.5% in Florida and 8.4% nationally. 85.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lake Placid	Florida	U.S.	Compared with Florida
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	41.9% ±10.4 pp	11.5%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	85.0% ±15.8 pp	91.6%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.7% ±4.5 pp · low precision	7.4%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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