East Lake-Orient Park, FL

Census Place

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2024 Population
29,213
US Senator
Rick Scott
Republican Party
US Senator
Ashley Moody
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
34.5
1.71% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
17.8%
14.3% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$56,573
0.0883% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$233,200
5.28% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
13,972
2.97% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in East Lake-Orient Park, FL reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

88.1% of the residents in East Lake-Orient Park, FL are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in East Lake-Orient Park, FL are Aparicio-Levy Technical College (343 degrees awarded in 2023), Strayer University-Florida (332 degrees), and Florida Career College-Tampa (320 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in East Lake-Orient Park, FL was $233,200, and the homeownership rate was 51.4%.

Most people in East Lake-Orient Park, FL drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 26.8 minutes. The average car ownership in East Lake-Orient Park, FL was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

East Lake-Orient Park, FL is home to a population of 29.2k people, from which 88.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 21% of East Lake-Orient Park, FL residents were born outside of the country (6.14k people).

In 2024, there were 1.6 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (11.1k people) in East Lake-Orient Park, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 6.95k White (Non-Hispanic) and 4.52k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

88.1%
2024 Citizenship
90.7%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 88.1% of East Lake-Orient Park, FL residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in East Lake-Orient Park, FL was 90.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in East Lake-Orient Park, FL
  1. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    11.1k ± 1.61k
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    6.95k ± 1.5k
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    4.52k ± 1.24k
25.4%
Hispanic Population
7.43k people

In 2024, there were 1.6 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (11.1k people) in East Lake-Orient Park, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 6.95k White (Non-Hispanic) and 4.52k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

25.4% of the people in East Lake-Orient Park, FL are hispanic (7.43k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in East Lake-Orient Park, FL as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Cuba
    1,008,771 ± 24,085 people
  2. Haiti
    353,350 ± 14,476 people
  3. Colombia
    307,955 ± 13,528 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Florida was Cuba, the natal country of 1,008,771 Florida residents, followed by Haiti with 353,350 and Colombia with 307,955.

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Foreign-Born Population

21%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
6.14k people
17.2%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
5.01k people

As of 2024, 21% of East Lake-Orient Park, FL residents (6.14k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in East Lake-Orient Park, FL was 17.2%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    249 ± 182
  2. Vietnam
    212 ± 124
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    126 ± 66

East Lake-Orient Park, FL has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.17 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of East Lake-Orient Park, FL employs 14k people. In 2024, the largest industries in East Lake-Orient Park, FL were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,745 people), Retail Trade (1,463 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (1,349 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($70,000), Finance & Insurance ($67,268), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($58,151).

Employment

Occupations

14k
2024 Value
± 1,274
−2.97%
1 Year decline
± 13.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in East Lake-Orient Park, FL declined at a rate of −2.97%, from 14.4k employees to 14k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in East Lake-Orient Park, FL, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,176 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,423 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (1,108 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of East Lake-Orient Park, FL.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

14k
2024 Value
± 1,274
−2.97%
1 Year decline
± 13.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in East Lake-Orient Park, FL declined at a rate of −2.97%, from 14.4k employees to 14k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in East Lake-Orient Park, FL, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,745 people), Retail Trade (1,463 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (1,349 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of East Lake-Orient Park, FL, though some of these residents may live in East Lake-Orient Park, FL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$41,420
Median earning men ± $2,442
$36,245
Median earning women ± $2,466

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($59,427), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($51,346), and Manufacturing ($46,449).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($90,313), Information ($63,750), and Wholesale Trade ($54,489).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
4.23%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.69M people employed in Florida. This represents a 4.23% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 12.6%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Florida.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Florida went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43%), followed by Jill Stein (0.396%).

Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are the senators currently representing the state of Florida. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Florida is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

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2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (43%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.396%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Florida went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43%), followed by Jill Stein (0.396%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Florida for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Florida

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Rick Scott
Senator from Florida1
Assumed office on January 8, 2019
Inauguration delayed in order to finish his term as Governor of Florida.
Ashley Moody
Senator from Florida2
Assumed office on January 21, 2025
While elections for full class 3 terms will take place in 2028, Florida will hold a special election in 2026 to elect a senator to complete the remainder of Marco Rubio's term.

Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are the senators currently representing Florida.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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Education

In 2023, universities in East Lake-Orient Park, FL awarded 1,021 degrees. The student population of East Lake-Orient Park, FL in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 688 male students and 1,530 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in East Lake-Orient Park, FL are Black or African American (261 and 25.6%), Hispanic or Latino (259 and 25.4%), White (229 and 22.5%), and Unknown (224 and 22%).

The largest universities in East Lake-Orient Park, FL by number of degrees awarded are Aparicio-Levy Technical College (343 and 33.6%), Strayer University-Florida (332 and 32.5%), and Florida Career College-Tampa (320 and 31.3%).

The most popular majors in East Lake-Orient Park, FL are General Business (160 and 15.7%), Medical Assistant (134 and 13.1%), and Fire Science & Fire-Fighting (117 and 11.5%).

The median tuition cost in East Lake-Orient Park, FL for private four year colleges is $12,360.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

Measure

In 2023 in East Lake-Orient Park, FL, the percentage of applicants admitted was 87%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 67.5%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 2,218 (31% men and 69% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 2,218 students enrolled in East Lake-Orient Park, FL, 31% men and 69% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Black or African American with 940 records, of which 74% were women and 26% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Dental Assisting
    48 degrees awarded
  2. Medical Assistant
    134 degrees awarded
  3. HVAC Maintenance
    92 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in East Lake-Orient Park, FL was Dental Assisting with 48 degrees awarded.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Aparicio-Levy Technical College
    343 degrees awarded
  2. Strayer University-Florida
    332 degrees awarded
  3. Florida Career College-Tampa
    320 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Aparicio-Levy Technical College with 343 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 446 men were awarded degrees from institutions in East Lake-Orient Park, FL, which is 0.776 times less than the 575 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Black or African American students. These 261 degrees mean that there were 1.01 times more degrees awarded to Black or African American students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 259 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($13,725) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,060) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($675) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in East Lake-Orient Park, FL was $233,200 in 2024, which is 0.701 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $221,500 to $233,200, a 5.28% increase. The homeownership rate in East Lake-Orient Park, FL is 51.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in East Lake-Orient Park, FL have an average commute time of 26.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in East Lake-Orient Park, FL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$233,200
Median Property Value 2024
±$16,364
$5,642
Median Property Taxes
±$833

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In East Lake-Orient Park, FL the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

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Rent vs Own

51.4%
Homeownership
2024
72.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 51.4% of the housing units in East Lake-Orient Park, FL were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 51%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$56,573
Median Household Income
± $8,317
11k
Number of Households
± 1,118

In 2024, the median household income of the 11k households in East Lake-Orient Park, FL declined from $56,573 from the previous year's value of $56,623.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for East Lake-Orient Park, FL is from Florida.
0.473
2023 Wage GINI in Florida
0.474
2022 Wage GINI in Florida

In 2023, the income inequality in Florida was 0.473 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.136% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Florida was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Florida in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (60.2%)
  2. Worked At Home (21.9%)
  3. Carpooled (11.5%)

In 2024, 60.2% of workers in East Lake-Orient Park, FL drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (21.9%) and those who carpooled to work (11.5%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

26.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in East Lake-Orient Park, FL have a longer commute time (26.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.7% of the workforce in East Lake-Orient Park, FL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in East Lake-Orient Park, FL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in East Lake-Orient Park, FL have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

17.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in East Lake-Orient Park, FL (5.16k out of 29k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in East Lake-Orient Park, FL is Black, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

89.2% of the population of East Lake-Orient Park, FL has health coverage, with 37.8% on employee plans, 28.6% on Medicaid, 7.18% on Medicare, 13.4% on non-group plans, and 2.26% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Florida see 1,370 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,370 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1563 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 459 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47% were men and 53% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27.6% under 18 years, 23.5% between 18 and 34 years, 38% between 35 and 64 years, and 10.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47% were men and 53% were women.

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Uninsured People

10.8%
Uninsured
37.8%
Employer Coverage
28.6%
Medicaid
7.18%
Medicare
13.4%
Non-Group
2.26%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in East Lake-Orient Park, FL declined by 5.7% from 11.4% to 10.8%.

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