Polk City is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,028 people and six associated neighborhoods, Polk City is the 353rd largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Polk City was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Polk City economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Polk City, where the median household income is $69,886.00.

Also of interest is that Polk City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Polk City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Polk City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Polk City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Polk City may be for you.

One downside of living in Polk City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.78 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Polk City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The population of Polk City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Polk City, 22.80% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Polk City in 2022 was $36,062, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,248 for a family of four. However, Polk City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Polk City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Polk City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Polk City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Polk City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.65% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Polk City include Irish, English, German, Brazilian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Polk City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Japanese.