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Lakeland, FL

122,246 Population
66.6 square miles 1,836.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$35,347 ±$3,696 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $33,489 ±$1,170
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$57,131 ±$10,272 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $66,909 ±$1,958
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

15.5% ±3.8% (17,553  ±4,340) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 12.8% † 102,250 (±1.5% / ±11,980)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

23.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,048,215  ±48,243) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 29.5 8,486,925 (±0.4 / ±152,326)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,090,270 (±0.1 / ±907,292)

Families

51,663 ±2,559 Number of households
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 306,915 ±4,366
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
2.2 ±0.1 (113,377  ±561) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 2.6 802,793 (±0 / ±593)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 † 22,130,724 (±62 / ±-555,555,600)

6.8% ±4% (1,911  ±1,131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 5.6% † 10,663 (±1.1% / ±2,102)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

58,632 ±3,175 Number of housing units
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 352,635 ±235
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$274,400 ±$13,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $296,300 ±$7,362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

19.1% ±3.8% (22,881  ±4,591.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 12.7% † 102,870 (±1.3% / ±10,509)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

91.7% ±4.8% (76,037  ±5,330.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 88.8% 504,370 (±2.2% / ±12,755.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
31% ±3.2% (25,679  ±2,939.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 26.5% 150,575 (±1.2% / ±6,804.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

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

10.8% ±2.4% (13,136  ±2,870) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 12.4% † 101,351 (±8,408.1% / ±9,709)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 22.1% † 4,996,874 (±543% / ±46,951)

7.6% ±1.4% (7,488  ±1,416) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 7.4% 47,482 (±0.6% / ±3,642)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
7,488 Total veterans ±1,416 6,815 Male ±1,447 673 Female ±512

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