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Lakeland CCD, Polk County, FL

280,032 Population
375.7 square miles 745.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,115 ±$911 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $31,927 ±$533
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$65,032 ±$1,546 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $63,644 ±$868
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

13.2% ±1% (35,827  ±2,733) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 14.7% 109,496 (±0.6% / ±4,729)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

26.2 minutes ±0.4 (2,896,935  ±89,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 30.2 8,841,210 (±0.4 / ±144,964)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

104,979 ±1,758 Number of households
  • Polk County: 276,643 ±2,021
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.6 ±0 (271,971  ±4,653) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 2.7 745,208 (±0 / ±378)
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

4.4% ±0.9% (2,765  ±542) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 4.6% † 8,007 (±0.6% / ±1,034)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

120,562 ±1,692 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 329,750 ±186
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$239,600 ±$4,449 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $240,000 ±$2,999
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

15.9% ±1% (44,091  ±2,775.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 109,045 (±0.7% / ±4,949.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

88.6% ±1.1% (169,400  ±3,401.5) 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)
24.5% ±0.8% (46,785  ±1,669.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 22.6% 119,424 (±0.5% / ±2,831.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

9.9% ±0.6% (27,713  ±1,805) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 11.5% 87,684
  • about half the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

8.1% ±0.5% (17,640  ±1,154) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 7.7% 45,507 (±0.3% / ±1,517)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
17,640 Total veterans ±1,154 15,671 Male ±944 1,969 Female ±434

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