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Census Tract 155, Polk, FL

4,701 Population
4.2 square miles 1,126.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±6.5 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

$22,630 ±$3,407 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake Wales: $28,384 ±$2,216
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
$36,315 ±$11,086 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake Wales: $56,347 † ±$7,706
  • about half the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143

30.4% ±9% (1,365  ±441) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake Wales: 22.4% † 3,678 (±4.3% / ±705)
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)

21.4 minutes ±2.5 (32,845  ±7,509) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake Wales: 23.9 124,650 (±2.1 / ±16,435)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Polk County: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)

Families

1,937 ±280 Number of households
  • Lake Wales: 6,924 ±391
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
2.3 ±0.5 (4,493  ±584) 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)

5% ±7.3% (46  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 5.7% † 202 (±3.1% / ±114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 4.3% † 7,869 (±0.5% / ±838)

Housing

2,244 ±276 Number of housing units
  • Lake Wales: 8,223 ±513
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196

$181,400 ±$43,224 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake Wales: $239,300 ±$12,723
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458

11% ±4.5% (512  ±220.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lake Wales: 8.6% † 1,431 (±2% / ±332.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 13.7% 106,951 (±0.6% / ±4,652.5)

Social

80.1% ±4.3% (2,781  ±413.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Wales: 87.5% 10,759 (±5.7% / ±845.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
21.2% ±5.9% (737  ±228.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Wales: 20.8% † 2,562 (±3.4% / ±432)
  • about 90 percent 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

17.5% ±6.1% (823  ±302) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake Wales: 10.5% † 1,754 (±2.8% / ±477)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 12.6% 99,373

7.3% ±2.9% (272  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Wales: 7.2% † 972 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
272 Total veterans ±115 253 Male ±109 19 Female ±22

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