Florida · Census place 1238625
Lake Placid, Florida
Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida with an estimated 2,561 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 275th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,561
- #275 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +7.7%
- +182 people
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 546 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Lake Placid population, 2020 to 2024
Lake Placid added 182 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.7%. In the latest year it moved by +34.
Lake Placid covers 4.69 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 546 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Lake Placid is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lake Placid is in
All of Lake Placid's residents live in Highlands County, which had 109,778 residents in 2024. Lake Placid holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lake Placid
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Placid by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 33852. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Lake Placid is
The Census internal point of Lake Placid is at 27.302600, -81.371500. Tallahassee, the capital, is 279.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sebring, FL (11,795 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cape Coral, FL, 59.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 27.302600, -81.371500
- DMS
- 27°18'9.36"N 81°22'17.40"W
- UTM
- 17N 463240.6E 3020006.4N
- Geohash
- dhy5k6714
- Plus code
- 76VW8J3H+2C
Daylight in Lake Placid
At 27.30° N, Lake Placid gets about 13 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lake Placid
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Sebring, 12.7 miles away, with 11,795 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lake Placid, FL?
2,561 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 182 (7.7%) from 2,379 in July 2020.
What county is Lake Placid in?
Highlands County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lake Placid?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33852.
How far is Lake Placid from Tallahassee?
279.1 miles (449.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lake Placid.
What is the nearest larger city to Lake Placid?
Sebring, FL, with 11,795 residents, 12.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.