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BG 2, Tract 143.01, Polk, FL

1,297 Population
1 square miles 1,341.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lake Wales: 42.7 † ±5.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$19,900 ±$5,378 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake Wales: $28,384 ±$2,216
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $33,249 ±$614
$28,421 ±$7,573 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Lake Wales: $56,347 † ±$7,706
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $65,978 ±$1,143

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Families

568 ±148 Number of households
  • Lake Wales: 6,924 ±391
  • Polk County: 289,425 ±1,606
2.3 ±0.5 (1,297  ±442) 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)

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Housing

643 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Lake Wales: 8,223 ±513
  • Polk County: 340,748 ±196

$75,500 ±$22,423 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Lake Wales: $239,300 ±$12,723
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Polk County: $266,500 ±$3,458

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Social

78.9% ±35.2% (718  ±224.7) 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)
7% ±5.9% (64  ±57) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Lake Wales: 20.8% † 2,562 (±3.4% / ±432)
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 23.5% 128,620 (±0.5% / ±2,978.5)

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2.2% ±2.2% (24  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Lake Wales: 7.2% † 972 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
24 Total veterans ±26 24 Male ±26 N/A Female ±15

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