Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,836, settled in 1887.
The best of Montverde’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. Only 26 of Florida’s 774 towns score higher on incomes. Montverde’s January low is 48°F, near the Florida town median (51°F) and above the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Harper House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Montverde has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,463 counted in 2010 and 1,655 in 2020; an estimated 1,836 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Montverde is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 297 in 1930, 1,655 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1930 and 3 maps from 1962 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Montverde. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
Big draw15 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Florida9.5M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi Theme parkUniversal Epic Universe
Big draw15 mi Theme parkUniversal's Islands of Adventure9.5M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
19 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Orlando4.3M visitors a yearWalt 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 · Universal's Islands of Adventure: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Camping World Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · SeaWorld Orlando: SeaWorld, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Montverde, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Montverde.
The typical Montverde home is worth about $687,000, about the same as a year ago, 83% above the Florida typical home. At $1,893 a month, Montverde’s median rent is where Florida’s towns sit at $1,647 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. 82% of Montverde households own their home.
| Montverde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,893 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montverde Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 1,317 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Montverde has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Montverde’s July high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Montverde for work: only 3% work in town. 3.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Montverde. Since 2013, Montverde has added 287 jobs, to 600 in 2023.
| Montverde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Montverde beats the Florida average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Montverde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Montverde | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 16.8% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.6% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Florida average. Montverde has grown 11% since 2020, to 1,836 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 40% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Montverde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 31% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
Somewhere between 33% and 63% women
The Census survey reached too few of Montverde’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.1 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Montverde | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.6% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.2% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.3% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.2% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.4% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.5% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.5% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Montverde is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Montverde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kirk Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Montverde
About 6 of every 100 Montverde residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Town in Florida, United States
Montverde is a town in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,655 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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One town shares a border with Montverde.
Montverde has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Montverde reports no FBI crime data of its own. Ferndale isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Montverde with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 8.7 years of the area's median household income ($78,533 across the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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