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Census Tract 159, Polk, FL

2,257 Population
60.6 square miles 37.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bartow: 36.5 ±2.2
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$28,468 ±$3,917 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bartow: $33,475 ±$2,534
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
$70,278 ±$11,412 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bartow: $68,178 † ±$7,603
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143

18.4% ±7.7% (416  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Bartow: 18.1% † 3,505 (±3.3% / ±641)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)

32 minutes ±0.6 (27,035  ±6,610) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Bartow: 26.3 242,145 (±1.7 / ±23,570)
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)

Families

794 ±107 Number of households
  • Bartow: 7,439 ±389
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
2.8 ±0.2 (2,223  ±338) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bartow: 2.6 19,358 (±0.1 / ±95)
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.7 774,859 (±0 / ±352)

0.6% ±2.1% (3  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Bartow: 8.7% † 445 (±4.4% / ±231)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Polk County: 4.3% † 7,869 (±0.5% / ±838)

Housing

880 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Bartow: 8,019 ±443
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196

$164,200 ±$11,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bartow: $234,100 ±$12,029
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458

6.3% ±5.7% (142  ±130.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bartow: 15.2% † 3,043 (±3.6% / ±727.3)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 13.7% 106,951 (±0.6% / ±4,652.5)

Social

83.5% ±5.9% (1,371  ±207.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bartow: 91.7% 13,384 (±6.2% / ±1,052)
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
9.6% ±4.9% (158  ±83.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bartow: 22.8% † 3,330 (±2.9% / ±447.7)
  • about two-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

10.3% ±5% (233  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Bartow: 5.5% † 1,132 (±1.7% / ±340)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 12.6% 99,373

6.3% ±3.4% (114  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bartow: 7.6% † 1,244 (±2% / ±326)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
114 Total veterans ±64 103 Male ±62 11 Female ±17

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