About Winter Garden
- The Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for Winter Garden is 48,063 people (46,964 in the 2020 census); 19.6% of residents are foreign-born and 25.1% of those 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. Source
- The City says settlers arrived in the 1850s to farm citrus and vegetables on the south shore of Lake Apopka; Winter Garden was established in 1903 and incorporated as a city in 1908. Source
- Downtown Winter Garden was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996; the City's historic downtown overlay covers about 116 acres and 270 properties. Source
- The City calls itself a higher-end bedroom community, with the 22-mile West Orange Trail running through downtown Plant Street (over 1 million users a year) and a Saturday farmers market drawing 3,000 to 5,000 people. Source
- The City says most Winter Garden businesses are small businesses, and runs a shop local program for them. Source