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Census Tract 142.03, Polk, FL

2,855 Population
96.6 square miles 29.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65 ±3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Lake Wales: 41.1 † ±6.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Polk County: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,064 ±$4,268 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lake Wales: $27,794 ±$2,506
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $31,927 ±$533
$38,875 ±$9,801 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake Wales: $55,799 † ±$11,695
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $63,644 ±$868

16.5% ±6.9% (458  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake Wales: 24.4% † 3,893 (±5.1% / ±814)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.7% 109,496 (±0.6% / ±4,729)

26 minutes ±6.9 (19,990  ±8,657) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Wales: 26.4 136,280 (±2.5 / ±19,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 30.2 8,841,210 (±0.4 / ±144,964)

Families

1,456 ±327 Number of households
  • Lake Wales: 6,560 ±403
  • Polk County: 276,643 ±2,021
1.9 ±0.6 (2,830  ±478) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake Wales: 2.4 15,984 (±0.2 / ±46)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Polk County: 2.7 745,208 (±0 / ±378)

19.4% ±22% (68  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lake Wales: 5.6% † 180 (±3.6% / ±116)
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 4.6% † 8,007 (±0.6% / ±1,034)

Housing

3,032 ±334 Number of housing units
  • Lake Wales: 7,961 ±464
  • Polk County: 329,750 ±186

$101,100 ±$52,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Lake Wales: $225,900 ±$13,026
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $240,000 ±$2,999

6.1% ±3.6% (169  ±103.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lake Wales: 11.1% † 1,803 (±3.2% / ±510.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 109,045 (±0.7% / ±4,949.3)

Social

87.5% ±23.2% (2,110  ±394.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Wales: 87.5% 10,420 (±5.5% / ±798.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 87.5% 461,635 (±1.1% / ±5,793.4)
13.9% ±5.3% (335  ±141.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake Wales: 22% † 2,622 (±3.1% / ±384.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 22.6% 119,424 (±0.5% / ±2,831.4)

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

1.1% ±1.2% (31  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 9.7% † 1,589 (±2.9% / ±478)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Polk County: 11.5% 87,684

10.2% ±3.6% (253  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake Wales: 9.5% † 1,228 (±1.8% / ±240)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 7.7% 45,507 (±0.3% / ±1,517)
253 Total veterans ±100 195 Male ±80 58 Female ±40

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