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Census Tract 142.03, Polk, FL

3,003 Population
96.6 square miles 31.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Lake Wales: 42.7 † ±5.9
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Polk County: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$29,718 ±$4,681 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lake Wales: $28,384 ±$2,216
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
$40,474 ±$10,729 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake Wales: $56,347 † ±$7,706
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143

20.8% ±11.4% (620  ±353) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 22.4% † 3,678 (±4.3% / ±705)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)

29.1 minutes ±11.6 (25,560  ±7,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lake Wales: 23.9 124,650 (±2.1 / ±16,435)
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)

Families

1,618 ±317 Number of households
  • Lake Wales: 6,924 ±391
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
1.9 ±0.5 (2,987  ±472) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake Wales: 2.4 16,426 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Polk County: 2.7 774,859 (±0 / ±352)

18.6% ±13.7% (58  ±46) 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

3,110 ±329 Number of housing units
  • Lake Wales: 8,223 ±513
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196

$104,400 ±$46,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lake Wales: $239,300 ±$12,723
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458

7% ±3.2% (206  ±100) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 8.6% † 1,431 (±2% / ±332.4)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 13.7% 106,951 (±0.6% / ±4,652.5)

Social

91.4% ±21.7% (2,390  ±396.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake Wales: 87.5% 10,759 (±5.7% / ±845.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
14.2% ±5.5% (371  ±157) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake Wales: 20.8% † 2,562 (±3.4% / ±432)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.2% ±1% (36  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 10.5% † 1,754 (±2.8% / ±477)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Polk County: 12.6% 99,373

10.6% ±3.5% (284  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake Wales: 7.2% † 972 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
284 Total veterans ±105 186 Male ±67 98 Female ±74

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