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Census Tract 157.02, Polk, FL

3,768 Population
201 square miles 18.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Frostproof: 55.2 † ±8.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$18,706 ±$4,442 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Frostproof: $24,640 † ±$4,043
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$46,050 ±$17,872 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Frostproof: $42,000 † ±$7,320
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

28.6% ±17.3% (655  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Frostproof: 26.8% † 897 (±11.4% / ±382)
  • about double the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

24.9 minutes ±8.1 (23,865  ±11,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Frostproof: 25.4 † 20,565 (±5.4 / ±6,305)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

921 ±175 Number of households
  • Frostproof: 1,400 † ±165
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
2.5 ±0.2 (2,267  ±481) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Frostproof: 2.4 † 3,291 (±0.3 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.7 774,859 (±0 / ±352)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

3.3% ±5.6% (16  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Frostproof: 6.4% † 34 (±6.4% / ±36)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 4.3% † 7,869 (±0.5% / ±838)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)

Housing

1,583 ±219 Number of housing units
  • Frostproof: 1,962 † ±258
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$219,000 ±$63,655 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Frostproof: $150,500 † ±$39,284
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

21.9% ±8.2% (819  ±324.4) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Frostproof: 11.1% † 365 (±5.5% / ±179.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 13.7% 106,951 (±0.6% / ±4,652.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

75.6% ±5.6% (2,341  ±297.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Frostproof: 78.9% 1,929 (±6.4% / ±267.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
8.9% ±3.7% (276  ±118.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Frostproof: 16.9% † 414 (±4.4% / ±116.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 23.5% 128,620 (±0.5% / ±2,978.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

8% ±3.4% (301  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Frostproof: 9% † 302 (±4.2% / ±140)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 12.6% 99,373
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

7.4% ±3.7% (254  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Frostproof: 9.8% † 262 (±3.6% / ±99)
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
254 Total veterans ±132 214 Male ±107 40 Female ±49

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