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Census Tract 144.01, Polk, FL

8,698 Population
9.5 square miles 919.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Lake Wales: 42.7 † ±5.9
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Polk County: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$33,141 ±$3,120 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lake Wales: $28,384 ±$2,216
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
$64,188 ±$6,230 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lake Wales: $56,347 † ±$7,706
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143

11.9% ±5.7% (1,033  ±503) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lake Wales: 22.4% † 3,678 (±4.3% / ±705)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)

27.9 minutes ±11.9 (48,385  ±14,542) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lake Wales: 23.9 124,650 (±2.1 / ±16,435)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)

Families

3,881 ±463 Number of households
  • Lake Wales: 6,924 ±391
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
2.2 ±0.4 (8,673  ±934) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lake Wales: 2.4 16,426 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.7 774,859 (±0 / ±352)

2% ±3.1% (28  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Lake Wales: 5.7% † 202 (±3.1% / ±114)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 4.3% † 7,869 (±0.5% / ±838)

Housing

4,760 ±497 Number of housing units
  • Lake Wales: 8,223 ±513
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196

$327,700 ±$25,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lake Wales: $239,300 ±$12,723
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458

13.8% ±6.3% (1,198  ±558.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake Wales: 8.6% † 1,431 (±2% / ±332.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 13.7% 106,951 (±0.6% / ±4,652.5)

Social

98.5% ±1.8% (6,507  ±714.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake Wales: 87.5% 10,759 (±5.7% / ±845.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
32.6% ±5.3% (2,152  ±421.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake Wales: 20.8% † 2,562 (±3.4% / ±432)
  • about 1.4 times 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

5.9% ±2.8% (512  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake Wales: 10.5% † 1,754 (±2.8% / ±477)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 12.6% 99,373

11.2% ±2.7% (807  ±218) 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)
807 Total veterans ±218 772 Male ±205 35 Female ±57

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