Holden HeightsFL
A town of 3,286.
Is Holden Heights a good place to live?
Holden Heights is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 56th among Florida's 634 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $49K. A typical home there costs about $381K, 4.9 years of the Orlando metro’s $79K median household income. 11% of residents are under 18 in Holden Heights, below both the Florida town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Holden Heights is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 46 of Florida’s 779 towns do better.
What makes Holden Heights stand out
Where Holden Heights beats most towns.
Holden Heights has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
3,679 counted in 2010 and 4,097 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Holden Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Holden Heights is from typical.
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Walt Disney World Resort and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Holden Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
Big draw5 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Florida9.5M visitors a year
Big draw6 mi Theme parkUniversal Epic Universe
Big drawin town Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
Big draw5 mi Theme parkUniversal's Islands of Adventure9.5M visitors a year
2 mi Stadium & arenaKia CenterPhoto credits
Walt Disney World Resort: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Universal Studios Florida: Radiobroadcastcenter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Universal Epic Universe: Martin Lewison, CC BY 2.0 · Camping World Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Universal's Islands of Adventure: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Kia Center: 350z33 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Holden Heights: who provides what
Holden Heights is unincorporated, so Orange County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Holden Heights.
Holden Heights has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
Public schools in Holden Heights beat 54% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Orange school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Holden Heights’ only public school teaches 279 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce Advantage Academy CharterLargest public high schoolGrades 11–12 | Grades 11–12 | 279 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Holden Heights has mild winters and hot summers
The Orlando Intl Ap weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 110 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. January nights average 49.3°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92.2°.
In Holden Heights, the July high is 92°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
| Holden Heights | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 49°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Holden Heights’ working residents commute to Orlando
The average commute for its 1,773 working residents takes 20.3 minutes, against 28 across Florida. Jobs based here grew from 906 in 2013 to 1,332.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Holden Heights rose by 426, to 1,332. Holden Heights’ typical journey to work comes in at 20 minutes. The top destinations are Orlando (33%), Lake Buena Vista (4%) and Winter Park (1%). The share of working residents in Holden Heights who work locally: 0.5%.
| Holden Heights | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $49,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Holden Heights has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Holden Heights’ natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 54 of 100. Since 1995, Holden Heights has seen 10 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 47% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Holden Heights are healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
Against the 5,290 U.S. towns with household incomes like Holden Heights’s, it is healthier than 91%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults 18 to 64 in Holden Heights, 16% have no health insurance. This Florida town tracks Florida closely on all 31 CDC measures. 42% of adults in Holden Heights sleep under 7 hours; 14% binge drink.
| Holden Heights | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Holden Heights earns a B− for cost of living
The median property tax bill is $678, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
For households in Holden Heights, the share who own their home is 48%. A typical home locally is worth about $381,000, up 0.5% in a year, close to the Florida typical home. The midpoint rent locally is $1,273 a month.
| Holden Heights | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 48% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,273 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Protected land: 0.4% of Holden Heights
Just 2 of its 695 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Holden Heights itself; its outdoors grade is D.
One park or preserve covers 2 acres in Holden Heights.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kaley Square Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Holden Heights
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Holden Heights
About 6 of every 100 Holden Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Holden Heights
Unincorporated area in Florida, US
Holden Heights is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Holden Heights had a population of 4,097. The ZIP code serving the CDP is 32839. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 95 ft
- Area code
- 407
Questions about Holden Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holden Heights, FL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Holden Heights grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #56 of 634 in Florida. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Is Holden Heights, FL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.