Town · Lake County, Florida

Astatula, Florida

Astatula is a town in Lake County, Florida, part of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area. It has 2,559 residents. Astatula, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,539 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #580 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), hot days (high) and uninsured residents (under 65) (high).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,539 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #580 of 780 in FL
Population: 2,559 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 816.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 1202250

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety42#9,128/15,637
Economy40#9,367/15,631
Housing23#11,515/14,977
Health38#9,688/15,609
Healthcare27#11,369/15,650
Environment67#5,078/15,453
Education39#9,606/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,338/15,650
Community37#9,781/15,651
Leisure & amenities28#11,236/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Astatula, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lake County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high30.9 /1k
98/100Florida 7.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.340
96/100Florida 0.485United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Comfortable days · high33.3%
91/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLake County value
Depression · low19.5%
86/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Median Air Quality Index · low35
86/100Florida 422025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLake County value
Mammography screening · high52.0%
81/100Florida 46.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high69.0%
3/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Hot days · high113 days
6/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLake County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high22.4%
7/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Rent as share of income · high36.3%
7/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Injury deaths · high122 /100k
14/100Florida 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
15/100Florida 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLake County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,018 (2015-2019) → 2,559 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
7.9 /1k (2021) → 30.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+291%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.6% (2015-2019) → 69.0% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.7% (2015-2019) → 91.6% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
20.8% (2015-2019) → 36.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.6× (2020-2024)
+72%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Astatula, Florida improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Inequality−0.0670.407 → 0.340
Broadband+16 points75.7% → 91.6%

Declined2

Rent / income+15 points20.8% → 36.3%
Price / income+1.5×2.1× → 3.6×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Astatula, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.8 min2015-2019	31.4 min2020-2024	+4.6 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Broadband subscriptions	75.7%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	20.0%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	78.6%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4072015-2019	0.3402020-2024	−0.067	Improved	90%
Median household income	$55,0002015-2019	$72,0632020-2024	+31%	Within the margin of error	58%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	20.8%2015-2019	36.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Declined	4%
Rent-burdened households	41.6%2015-2019	69.0%2020-2024	+27 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.1%2015-2019	22.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Astatula, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Astatula, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Astatula, Florida itself moved −11.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,559 residents (±598)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

843 households (±163)

Astatula, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k12%†99
$25k–50k23%†192
$50k–75k18%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

843 households (±163)

Astatula, Florida
Florida share

Own80%678
Rent20%†165

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,161 workers (±241)

Astatula, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone73%847
Carpool7.3%†85
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Lake County, the county holding most of Astatula's residents.

Lake County has 8,849 employer establishments, 208 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Florida's), with 96,577 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,837. The Census Bureau also counts 43,033 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,849; 43,033 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 208; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 96,577
Average annual pay: $44,837; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lake County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	892	20.9	1.35×More than typical	7,944	$57,397	3,086
Ambulatory health care services	880	20.6	0.99×About typical	9,957	$58,314	2,089
Restaurants and other eating places	577	13.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	11,648	$21,806	225
Lessors of real estate	527	12.4	1.00×About typical	1,768	$43,948	4,270
Services to buildings and dwellings	474	11.1	1.65×More than typical	2,641	$42,928	3,336
Offices of physicians	330	7.7	1.20×About typical	3,489	$75,540	285
Construction of buildings	304	7.1	0.94×About typical	1,648	$52,298	1,343
Building equipment contractors	290	6.8	1.13×About typical	3,190	$59,878	459
Full-service restaurants	279	6.5	0.85×About typical	6,316	$24,292	94
Real estate agents and brokers	266	6.2	1.28×More than typical	475	$46,065	1,800
Building finishing contractors	260	6.1	1.60×More than typical	1,045	$44,122	985
Landscaping services	260	6.1	1.74×More than typical	1,444	$43,171	1,157

Rank places for an industry Open Lake County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 426,453 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Astatula is mostly in Lake County.

See federal money in Lake County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Astatula, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Lake County62100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL68

Other cities and towns in Lake County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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