Polk City is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,979 people and six associated neighborhoods, Polk City is the 353rd largest community in Florida. Polk City has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Polk City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Polk City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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.
Polk City is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
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.