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Lakeland, FL

124,997 Population
66.6 square miles 1,877.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,025 ±$3,991 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $33,776 ±$1,240
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,859 ±$4,370 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $66,779 ±$2,467
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.9% ±3.5% (15,155  ±4,082) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 13.3% † 111,497 (±1.6% / ±13,575)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.1 minutes ±0.7 (1,056,600  ±53,442) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

48,654 ±3,171 Number of households
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 314,272 ±4,442
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (116,517  ±373) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 2.7 837,643 (±0 / ±418)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.7% ±2.3% (873  ±750) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 5% † 9,964 (±1.3% / ±2,518)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,975 ±3,180 Number of housing units
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 364,770 ±176
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$274,800 ±$17,950 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $305,400 ±$6,775
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.1% ±3.3% (19,956  ±4,119.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 11.6% † 98,069 (±1.3% / ±10,793.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.6% ±3.7% (74,965  ±5,293.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 89.2% 528,511 (±2.5% / ±14,547.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.8% ±3% (24,664  ±2,845.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 25.2% 149,024 (±1.3% / ±7,443.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.1% ±2.3% (13,833  ±2,892) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 15.5% 132,065
  • about half the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±1.1% (6,065  ±1,098) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 6.8% 45,389 (±0.6% / ±3,935)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,065 Total veterans ±1,098 5,639 Male ±1,042 426 Female ±260

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