With 16,337 people, Longwood is a city in Florida. There are 2,959 people per square mile. Growth has run 19% since 2000, or 2,592 more people. The typical home is worth $354,300, having more than tripled since 2000. Households earn $78,548 at the median, near the US median. About 35% of adults have finished a four-year degree.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $78,548, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 94%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Longwood
What changed most since 1990
White share90.0% → 56.8%(−33.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share6.5% → 29.0%(+22.5 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Poverty rate4.5% → 9.9%(+5.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Longwood's population equals 3.4% of Seminole County's. Its number of households without a car equals 5.4% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 5.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)40.3%(518)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)48.5%(624)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era17.6%(226)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.6%(72)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(9)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,286 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Longwood, decade by decade
Longwood population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
13,316
$84,900
$204,486
20.9%
23.1
2000
13,745
$94,119
$182,166
22.3%
41.0
2010
13,657
$82,630
$314,040
25.8%
52.8
2020
15,087
$79,572
$278,405
27.6%
70.0
2024
16,337
$78,548
$354,300
35.1%
73.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
