Lake Mary JaneFL
A town of 1,792.
Is Lake Mary Jane a good place to live?
Lake Mary Jane’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for health and the outdoors; its weakest is a D for cost of living. 16% of the land in Lake Mary Jane is conserved, where Florida’s towns sit at 3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On the outdoors, just 47 of Florida’s 779 towns do better. The biggest place to walk is Isle of Pine Preserve, 231 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. Lake Mary Jane has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lake Mary Jane stand out
Where Lake Mary Jane beats most towns.
Lake Mary Jane has grown 14% from 2010 to 2020
1,575 counted in 2010 and 1,790 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lake Mary Jane grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Lake Mary Jane is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Walt Disney World Resort and 61 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Mary Jane. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
Big draw19 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Florida9.5M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi Theme parkUniversal Epic Universe
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
Big draw19 mi Theme parkUniversal's Islands of Adventure9.5M visitors a year
18 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Orlando4.3M visitors a yearPhoto 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 · SeaWorld Orlando: SeaWorld, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Lake Mary Jane: who provides what
Lake Mary Jane 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 Lake Mary Jane.
Residents of Lake Mary Jane are healthier than nine in ten U.S. towns
In Lake Mary Jane, 14% of adults report frequent mental distress, below both Florida’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (17%). 12% of Lake Mary Jane adults report frequent physical distress.
| Lake Mary Jane | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lake Mary Jane | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A younger population than Florida as a whole
43% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 34% across Florida. The age of the median resident in Lake Mary Jane is 38.7 years.
| Lake Mary Jane | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 31% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.7 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.5 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Lake Mary Jane | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.1% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 21.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 32.8% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 0% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.5% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.4% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 22.2% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, fewer of Lake Mary Jane’s working residents work locally
For Lake Mary Jane, the mean commuting time is 35 minutes. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 53, to 165. Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles. The top destinations are Orlando (32%), Lake Buena Vista (4%) and University (3%).
| Lake Mary Jane | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Lake Mary Jane, mostly inland flooding
38% of Lake Mary Jane’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 17%. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage here than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: 15.8% of Lake Mary Jane
In 3 parks and preserves, walkers have 4.9 miles of trail. The density of trails for Lake Mary Jane comes to 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crosby Island Marsh Preserve | 1.2 mi | 216 |
| 2. Isle of Pine Preserve | 1.1 mi | 231 |
| 3. Moss Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Lake Mary Jane
The town’s typical July afternoon high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More of Lake Mary Jane’s households own their home than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Mary Jane
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Mary Jane
About 8 of every 100 Lake Mary Jane residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
100% of working residents leave Lake Mary Jane for work
Where Lake Mary Jane’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Mary Jane
Unincorporated area in Florida, US
Lake Mary Jane is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Mary Jane had a population of 1,790. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 5.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 70 ft
- Area code
- 407
Lake Mary Jane’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lake Mary Jane.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Mary Jane | — | — | D | — | B− | A |
| Orlando | #323 | C | D | — | B− | B |
Lake Mary Jane has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lake Mary Jane and Orlando report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lake Mary Jane with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Mary Jane
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Mary Jane, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $538,000, 43% above the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.