Minneola, Florida.
, asking rent $2,592 (+5.3%). Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,050 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
Asking rents in Minneola, FL rose 5.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Living in Minneola, Lake County, Florida
Minneola is a city of 13,843 people in Lake County. Half its households earn more than $110,902 a year and half less, against $73,161 across Lake County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Lake County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Minneola is a small city in Lake County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the share who own is high. Household incomes run well above the county's, and fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect. Residents are somewhat younger than in many Florida towns, and a good number have a four-year degree. Winters are mild with little or no snow, summers are hot, and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents work mostly in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Among the biggest workplaces in Minneola are Walmart, Publix Super Markets and AdventHealth Minneola. Commutes are fairly long, and a noticeable number of people work from home.
Things to do. Lake Apopka, a lake, is a short drive away. Walt Disney World Resort, the best known of the nearby places, is an amusement park a longer drive away, as are Magic Kingdom and Universal Studios Florida.
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- 5,371households
- 35%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lake County had 118,622 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 49°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 74°. About 51 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Clermont South weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Minneola
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters605
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores189
- AdventHealth Minneola125
- Kohl's74
- Lakefield Veterinary GroupVeterinary services30
- Sunshine Water ServicesWater filtration plant operation23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,046 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Minneola’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lake County and the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro.
Minneola home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Minneola listings, and the typical home goes pending in 32 days — the market is cooling.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Minneola33.00%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Minneola100
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Minneola26
Zip codes with a Minneola address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Minneola — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.