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.Unlike some towns, Polk City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Polk City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Polk City is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Polk City who work in management occupations (17.78%), office and administrative support (15.67%), and sales jobs (7.07%). 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. In Polk City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. 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 education level of Polk City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.80% of adults in Polk City 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.
