Orlando, Florida Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Orlando, FL Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • B
    Health Around average
  • C
    Income Below average
  • B
    Education Around average

Source: Map AI Methodology

Population

Metric Orlando Florida Avg U.S. Average
Population 308,718 22,388,905 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 2587.2 313.4 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) 2.32% 1.47% 0.59%
Median age 36.0 40.2 37.3
Households 125,902 8,743,019 130,235,071

Population in Orlando grew by 31.9% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 308,718 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Orlando is Millennials, aged 29–44, at 27.7% of residents. That is 7.0 points above Florida as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Florida, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 51.3% of the people living in Orlando and men 48.7%.

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Economy

Orlando has a the economy index of C, which means it is somewhat prosperous.

Metric Orlando Florida Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $72,090 $74,580 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 6.49% 5.42% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 5.1% 4.8% 5.2%

The median household income in Orlando is about 3% lower than in Florida.

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Housing

Metric Orlando Florida Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $279,347 $311,338 $248,835
Median rent $1,740 $1,668 $1,407
Homeownership rate 41.5% 67.6% 65.2%

The median home price in Orlando is about 13.4 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $1,740 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Orlando spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Orlando Florida Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 23.5 24.0 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 46.9 47.9 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 196 200 187
Estimated yearly cost $6,063 $6,189 $5,790
Work from home 16.2% 15.7% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 21,294 14,318 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 5,343 3,068 1,355

The average commute time in Orlando is 23 minutes, shorter than the 24 minutes in Florida.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Orlando has a education index of B, which means it is quite educated.

Metric Orlando Florida Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 37.9% 30.1% 31.6%
Average household size 2.41 2.50 2.53

Health

Orlando has a health index of B, which means it is quite healthy.

Metric Orlando Florida Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 77.5 77.2 78.3
Self-rated poor health 18.3% 19.5% 16.3%
Smokers 18.6% 21.3% 19.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Orlando, Florida.

How many people live in Orlando, Florida?

About 308,718 people live in Orlando, Florida, in 125,902 households of 2.4 people on average. The median age is 36.0, close to the U.S. median of 37.3.

Is Orlando, Florida urban or rural?

Averaged over its land area, Orlando, Florida has 2,587 people per square mile, a density typical of urban and suburban areas. That is about 30 times the U.S. average of 86.

Can a typical household afford a home in Orlando, Florida?

The median home costs 3.9 times the median household income ($279,347 against $72,090), compared with 3.1 times nationally. A ratio of about 3 is traditionally considered affordable. Median rent of $1,740 a month takes about 29% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

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