Florida · Census place 1245900

Minneola, Florida

Minneola is a city in Lake County, Florida with an estimated 19,675 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,675
#124 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+38.5%
+5,474 people
Land area
11.1 sq mi
+ 0.32 sq mi water
Density
1,766 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Minneola. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Minneola population, 2020 to 2024

Minneola added 5,474 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +38.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1,596. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Minneola is 90% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,846. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Minneola covers 11.14 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 1,766 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Minneola is less dense than the typical town.

What county Minneola is in

All of Minneola's residents live in Lake County, which had 444,204 residents in 2024. Minneola holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Minneola

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Minneola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 34715. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Minneola is

The Census internal point of Minneola is at 28.602300, -81.729500. Tallahassee, the capital, is 199.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clermont, FL (50,851 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Orlando, FL, 31.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.602300, -81.729500
DMS
28°36'8.28"N 81°43'46.20"W
UTM
17N 428675.4E 3164142.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
76WWJ72C+W5

Daylight in Minneola

At 28.60° N, Minneola gets about 13 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Minneola

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Montverde, 3.4 miles away, with 1,811 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Minneola, FL?

19,675 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,474 (38.5%) from 14,201 in July 2020.

What county is Minneola in?

Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Minneola?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 34715.

How far is Minneola from Tallahassee?

199.0 miles (320.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Minneola.

What is the nearest larger city to Minneola?

Clermont, FL, with 50,851 residents, 5.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.