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Lake Wales CCD, Polk County, FL

46,190 Population
269.8 square miles 171.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,346 ±$1,384 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $31,927 ±$533
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$54,774 ±$4,075 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $63,644 ±$868
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

17.1% ±2.7% (7,668  ±1,228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.7% 109,496 (±0.6% / ±4,729)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

27.7 minutes ±1.8 (405,495  ±40,460) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 30.2 8,841,210 (±0.4 / ±144,964)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

18,851 ±782 Number of households
  • Polk County: 276,643 ±2,021
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.4 ±0.1 (45,158  ±1,792) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.7 745,208 (±0 / ±378)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

6.3% ±2.4% (569  ±221) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 4.6% † 8,007 (±0.6% / ±1,034)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

25,253 ±805 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 329,750 ±186
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$190,800 ±$9,787 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $240,000 ±$2,999
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

12.5% ±2% (5,733  ±924.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 109,045 (±0.7% / ±4,949.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

87.5% ±2.3% (29,477  ±1,375) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 87.5% 461,635 (±1.1% / ±5,793.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
21.8% ±1.8% (7,350  ±671.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 22.6% 119,424 (±0.5% / ±2,831.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8% ±1.4% (3,712  ±667) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 11.5% 87,684
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

10.2% ±1.1% (3,784  ±421) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 7.7% 45,507 (±0.3% / ±1,517)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
3,784 Total veterans ±421 3,492 Male ±379 292 Female ±124

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