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Winter Haven, FL

55,200 Population
33.2 square miles 1,661.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,632 ±$1,884 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $33,249 ±$614
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,648 ±$3,654 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $65,978 ±$1,143
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±2.9% (8,912  ±1,594) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 14.5% 111,996 (±0.7% / ±5,196)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±1.4 (617,630  ±47,773) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 30.5 9,229,135 (±0.3 / ±159,987)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,396 ±809 Number of households
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 289,425 ±1,606
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (54,395  ±182) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 2.7 774,859 (±0 / ±352)
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2.1% (676  ±278) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 4.3% † 7,869 (±0.5% / ±838)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,431 ±890 Number of housing units
  • the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 340,748 ±196
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$269,800 ±$11,473 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: $266,500 ±$3,458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.5% ±3.9% (9,582  ±2,106.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 13.7% 106,951 (±0.6% / ±4,652.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±3.8% (32,630  ±1,706.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 87.9% 482,030 (±1% / ±5,628.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22% ±2% (8,313  ±803.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 23.5% 128,620 (±0.5% / ±2,978.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.3% ±2.6% (7,348  ±1,419) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 12.6% 99,373
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.1% (2,721  ±489) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area: 7.2% 44,258 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,721 Total veterans ±489 2,434 Male ±452 287 Female ±113

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