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Census Tract 142.01, Polk, FL

5,560 Population
12.9 square miles 430.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lake Wales: 42.7 † ±5.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$24,670 ±$3,953 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake Wales: $28,384 ±$2,216
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
$50,591 ±$11,781 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake Wales: $56,347 † ±$7,706
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143

17.8% ±8.1% (988  ±475) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 22.4% † 3,678 (±4.3% / ±705)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)

30.8 minutes ±1.8 (61,555  ±15,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lake Wales: 23.9 124,650 (±2.1 / ±16,435)
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)

Families

2,354 ±206 Number of households
  • Lake Wales: 6,924 ±391
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
2.4 ±0.3 (5,560  ±808) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Wales: 2.4 16,426 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.7 774,859 (±0 / ±352)

12.4% ±9.3% (150  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lake Wales: 5.7% † 202 (±3.1% / ±114)
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 4.3% † 7,869 (±0.5% / ±838)

Housing

2,776 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Lake Wales: 8,223 ±513
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196

$115,300 ±$50,384 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Lake Wales: $239,300 ±$12,723
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458

12.3% ±6.9% (678  ±392.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake Wales: 8.6% † 1,431 (±2% / ±332.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 13.7% 106,951 (±0.6% / ±4,652.5)

Social

83.1% ±6.4% (3,417  ±491.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lake Wales: 87.5% 10,759 (±5.7% / ±845.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
16.5% ±5.1% (679  ±224.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 20.8% † 2,562 (±3.4% / ±432)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 23.5% 128,620 (±0.5% / ±2,978.5)

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

15.9% ±7.3% (885  ±423) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake Wales: 10.5% † 1,754 (±2.8% / ±477)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 12.6% 99,373

8.2% ±2.7% (364  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake Wales: 7.2% † 972 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
364 Total veterans ±124 307 Male ±104 57 Female ±57

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