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Bartow, FL

19,801 Population
46.5 square miles 426 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,020 ±$2,125 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $31,927 ±$533
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$66,944 ±$8,393 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $63,644 ±$868
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

16.5% ±4.2% (3,103  ±786) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 14.7% 109,496 (±0.6% / ±4,729)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

24.6 minutes ±0.9 (216,870  ±19,048) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 30.2 8,841,210 (±0.4 / ±144,964)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

6,956 ±379 Number of households
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 276,643 ±2,021
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.7 ±0.2 (18,794  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 2.7 745,208 (±0 / ±378)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

5.9% ±3.5% (317  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 4.6% † 8,007 (±0.6% / ±1,034)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

7,635 ±431 Number of housing units
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 329,750 ±186
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$210,400 ±$13,381 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $240,000 ±$2,999
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

14.5% ±3.3% (2,810  ±649.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 14.5% 109,045 (±0.7% / ±4,949.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

90.3% ±6.1% (12,425  ±978.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 87.5% 461,635 (±1.1% / ±5,793.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
22.3% ±3.1% (3,076  ±444.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 22.6% 119,424 (±0.5% / ±2,831.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

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

5.7% ±1.6% (1,124  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 11.5% 87,684
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

8.1% ±2.1% (1,271  ±327) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 7.7% 45,507 (±0.3% / ±1,517)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
1,271 Total veterans ±327 1,036 Male ±243 235 Female ±139

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