Lake Placid, FL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake Placid, FL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 21,790. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LAKE-PLACID-FL · Lake Placid, FL 1 ZIPs · 21,790 pop · #20252/25278 · Highlands County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $54,284
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20252/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Avon Park
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 21,790
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $213,500

Nearest income peer: Avon Park, FL ( $7,335 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Lake Placid

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lake Placid on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lake Placid, FL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

20th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
21,790
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,284
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($54,284 average) · poverty 13.2%. The primary code (33852) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lake Placid as a pure owner town.

Within Florida, Live Oak is the closest lower-income city and Wauchula the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lake Placid.

Population concentration

Lake Placid reads through its lone ZIP, 33852

21,790 ACS residents, one ZIP: 33852 is not the leading code inside Lake Placid, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Lake Placid's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 449 establishments, 3,371 employees , annual payroll $128,844k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 33852 (449 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (76) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Lake Placid, FL

These ZIP codes sit in Highlands County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake Placid. See the Highlands County roll-up →

Lake Placid lands mid-pack among the 4 cities sharing Highlands County: Sebring and Lorida earn more and Avon Park and Venus earn less. Lorida marks the far end of that range at $80,313, 48% above Lake Placid.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
33852 21,790 $54,284 449 25

Lake Placid roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Lake Placid, .