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Census Tract 143.04, Polk, FL

2,646 Population
1.3 square miles 2,059.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake Wales: 42.7 † ±5.9
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$34,559 ±$9,570 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lake Wales: $28,384 ±$2,216
  • a little higher than the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
$46,827 ±$17,445 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake Wales: $56,347 † ±$7,706
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143

12.9% ±7.8% (342  ±218) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake Wales: 22.4% † 3,678 (±4.3% / ±705)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)

23.9 minutes ±9.7 (22,765  ±6,389) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Wales: 23.9 124,650 (±2.1 / ±16,435)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)

Families

1,021 ±247 Number of households
  • Lake Wales: 6,924 ±391
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
2.6 ±0.8 (2,646  ±524) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake Wales: 2.4 16,426 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 2.7 774,859 (±0 / ±352)

16.3% ±13.6% (90  ±78) 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

1,204 ±234 Number of housing units
  • Lake Wales: 8,223 ±513
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196

$260,400 ±$37,567 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lake Wales: $239,300 ±$12,723
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

88.6% ±5.3% (1,610  ±343.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Wales: 87.5% 10,759 (±5.7% / ±845.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
16.7% ±4.9% (304  ±108.3) 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

12.4% ±12.7% (329  ±343) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake Wales: 10.5% † 1,754 (±2.8% / ±477)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 12.6% 99,373

6.8% ±3% (131  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lake Wales: 7.2% † 972 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
131 Total veterans ±63 107 Male ±61 24 Female ±29

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