City safety & data profile
BartowFL
Bartow, FL is a 19K-resident city in Polk County with a median household income of $68,178.
Polk County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bartow, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bartow has a population larger than 41% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $234,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 19K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 42%
- By size
- $68,178
- Median income (place)
- $234,100
- Median home (place)
- 18.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Bartow
Bartow posts a median household income higher than 34% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Bartow area.
- Bottom 35%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Bartow
Where Bartow income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$68,178 Bottom 34% higher than 34% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in FL
Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
1,009,833 residents
- Miami
Miami, FL
487,014 residents
- Tampa
Tampa, FL
414,547 residents
- Orlando 334,854
Orlando, FL
334,854 residents
- St. Petersburg 257,083
St. Petersburg, FL
257,083 residents
- Hialeah 237,069
Hialeah, FL
237,069 residents
- Tallahassee 201,731
Tallahassee, FL
201,731 residents
- Fort Lauderd… 183,146
Fort Lauderdale, FL
183,146 residents
- Cape Coral 175,229
Cape Coral, FL
175,229 residents
- Pembroke Pines 166,611
Pembroke Pines, FL
166,611 residents
What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.
Highest median incomes in FL
Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Pinecrest
Pinecrest, FL
$206,417 median
- Parkland
Parkland, FL
$198,669 median
- Lake Butler
Lake Butler, FL
$182,500 median
- Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne, FL
$181,505 median
- Keystone
Keystone, FL
$161,056 median
- Naples
Naples, FL
$153,182 median
- Miami Shores
Miami Shores, FL
$144,050 median
- Palmetto Bay
Palmetto Bay, FL
$142,447 median
- Fruit Cove
Fruit Cove, FL
$141,863 median
- Weston
Weston, FL
$139,825 median
What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Bartow, FL beyond the headline numbers
Bartow sits inside Polk County, Florida, at roughly 27.90°N, -81.84°W. Population 18,972, $68,178 median household income. Median home value $234,100, median rent $1,142. Poverty rate 18.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Bartow, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
18.1% of Bartow, FL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
The median home in Bartow costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Only 7.9% of Bartow workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 43.3% in Bartow, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0% of Bartow workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bartow from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Polk County): Bartow's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 18.1% +46% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 22.8% |
| Work From Home | 7.9% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Bartow?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bartow right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet FL-BARTOW · Bartow
Bartow: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bartow; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bartow, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (18.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($68,178 here).
Compare Bartow with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Bartow's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
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- Compare Bartow against Florida peers on any ranking lens. Explore Florida
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Polk County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.