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Polk City

Town, Polk County. Population 3,007 (2025), -1.4% on the prior year, +10.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Polk City

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 4.5 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population3,007Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519793k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+10.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20202,7132020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
20253,007estimate-1.4%
20243,049estimate+2.6%
20232,973estimate+0.6%
20222,956estimate+1.9%
20212,902estimate+7.0%
20202,713census+16.9%
20192,321estimate+11.2%
20182,088estimate+16.5%
20171,793estimate+7.4%
20161,670estimate+2.9%
20151,623estimate-0.4%
20141,630estimate+3.0%
20131,582estimate+0.6%
20121,572estimate+0.6%
20111,562estimate0.0%
20101,562census-7.3%
20091,685estimate-3.8%
20081,751estimate-2.6%
20071,798estimate-1.8%
20061,831estimate+5.4%
20051,738estimate+1.0%
20041,720estimate+0.6%
20031,710estimate+9.6%
20021,560estimate+2.8%
20011,517estimate+0.1%
20001,516census-19.9%
19991,892estimate+4.1%
19981,818estimate-0.2%
19971,822estimate+10.8%
19961,644estimate+1.8%
19951,615estimate-0.1%
19941,617estimate+0.2%
19931,613estimate+1.6%
19921,587estimate+6.7%
19911,488estimaten/a
19891,013estimate+1.2%
19881,001estimate+3.6%
1987966estimate+6.7%
1986905estimate+8.1%
1985837estimate+13.4%
1984738estimate+18.8%
1983621estimate+0.8%
1982616estimate+6.9%
1981576estimaten/a
1979389estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Polk County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201617.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Polk County)364,197Aug 2026
Employment (Polk County)343,756Aug 2026
Unemployed (Polk County)20,441Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.8%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026364,197343,75620,4415.6%
Jul 2026362,522341,41321,1095.8%
Jun 2026364,274343,47820,7965.7%
May 2026363,558343,57619,9825.5%
Apr 2026364,145343,85420,2915.6%
Mar 2026362,888343,28519,6035.4%
Feb 2026363,155342,11021,0455.8%
Jan 2026361,659339,79521,8646.0%
Dec 2025363,620343,70019,9205.5%
Nov 2025364,310342,70521,6055.9%
Sep 2025364,322345,52918,7935.2%
Aug 2025361,457342,33819,1195.3%
Jul 2025360,017341,49518,5225.1%
Jun 2025360,223342,53717,6864.9%
May 2025358,677342,94815,7294.4%
Apr 2025359,401344,73714,6644.1%
Mar 2025359,494344,32715,1674.2%
Feb 2025357,482342,30215,1804.2%
Jan 2025358,495342,73315,7624.4%
Dec 2024358,224344,05314,1714.0%
Nov 2024358,198342,42315,7754.4%
Oct 2024358,684343,09615,5884.3%
Sep 2024361,678345,66716,0114.4%
Aug 2024360,421342,88917,5324.9%
Jul 2024359,181341,85317,3284.8%
Jun 2024358,500342,03216,4684.6%
May 2024355,735341,95413,7813.9%
Apr 2024355,965343,23312,7323.6%
Mar 2024357,145343,50913,6363.8%
Feb 2024355,198341,45213,7463.9%
Jan 2024355,708341,35814,3504.0%
Dec 2023354,901341,89913,0023.7%
Nov 2023356,901343,19413,7073.8%
Oct 2023357,867343,56214,3054.0%
Sep 2023359,253345,17714,0763.9%
Aug 2023357,640342,62115,0194.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025360,682343,21417,4684.8%
2024357,886342,79315,0934.2%
2023354,607341,61112,9963.7%
2022345,008332,65612,3523.6%
2021335,175317,18617,9895.4%
2020324,916294,93729,9799.2%
2019312,351300,85811,4933.7%
2018304,709292,29412,4154.1%
2017299,416285,42013,9964.7%
2016294,128278,23215,8965.4%
2015279,675261,82217,8536.4%
2014276,988256,26120,7277.5%
2013277,216253,37323,8438.6%
2012275,040247,66427,37610.0%
2011276,095244,51331,58211.4%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$55.2M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017n/a2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$52.7M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing errorn/a2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017n/a2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022n/a2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing errorn/a2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)n/a$52.7Mn/an/a
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)n/an/an/an/a
  • first published in 2022 for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): no back-test for this sector
  • no Census anchor for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses23New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses12Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses10Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)202Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+12.8%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month12Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Polk City, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2APSalcohol8
2014-MFDVfood7
2010-SEATfood4
2COPalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1
2003-NAPTlodging1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Polk City)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies184164
Florida profit corporations117
Florida non-profit corporations77
Out of state entities registering in Florida01
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months60Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200926 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+252.9%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$9.84MAug 2026
Units, latest month2Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months60Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table282025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026220$358K
Jul 2026220$358K
Jun 2026220$358K
May 2026110$400K
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 202616160$2.38M
Jan 202626260$4.41M
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025550$678K
Sep 2025660$900K
Aug 2025330$800K
Jul 2025880$1.11M
Jun 2025110$100K
May 2025220$295K
Apr 2025220$950K
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025110$180K
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024110$955K
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024110$528K
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023110$120K
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023110$250K
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202528280$5.02M
2024220$1.48M
202311110$2.28M
202213130$4.93M
202110100$2.67M
202076760$9.86M
201968680$8.78M
20181081080$14M
20171061060$21.8M
201658580$11.2M
201528280$6.58M
201417170$3.65M
201321210$3.56M
2012110$250K
2011110$325K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$518M
Total taxable value (non school)$330M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$368M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$507M2025 final roll
New construction value$14M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,2772026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 59% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$193K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months15Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$185KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$341M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$20.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$76.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$41.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$19.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$3.04M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$11.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$4.58M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential1,425$341M$207M$5.64M1,471+1.5%
Commercial27$20.1M$14.2M$117Kn/a+1.1%
Industrial7$76.9M$73.7M$4.07Mn/a+0.8%
Agricultural154$41.7M$13.9M$4.07Mn/a+8.9%
Vacant338$19.7M$17.9M$1.07Kn/a+13.4%
Institutional6$3.04M$33.7K$0n/a-2.7%
Government64$11.4M$22.3K$96.3Kn/a+4.1%
Other256$4.58M$3.22M$0n/a-8.3%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,110Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199086.0% high2024
Occupied units1,0662020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units442020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households8892020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1772020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate83.4%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)30.0%2025
Cost burdened renter households37.7%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)18.4%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units35Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.11K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$325K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less04851
All households30.01-50% AMI612223
All households50.01-80% AMI897613
All households80.01-120% AMI8590
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI555970
Renters30% AMI or less02330
Renters30.01-50% AMI606
Renters50.01-80% AMI68216
Renters80.01-120% AMI1500
RentersGreater than 120% AMI5300
Owners30% AMI or less02521
Owners30.01-50% AMI552217
Owners50.01-80% AMI21557
Owners80.01-120% AMI7090
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI502970

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$53.9K22
1997$54.5K16
1998$57.5K16
1999$57.5K12
2000$62.5K20
2001$63.9K23
2002$72K19
2003$78K19
2004$81K19
2005$110K30
2006$140K37
2007$132K14
2008$159K12
2009$110K15
2010$95K13
2011$61.8K11
2012$135K9
2013$100K15
2014$160K14
2015$152K15

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Polk City Villas201 N CITRUS GROVE BLVDPolk City3535

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$18KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$22.6K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$215KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$215KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$9.65KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$119KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$119KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.5%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$6.68MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+1.7%FY2024
Total expenditures$5.75MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+12.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.19KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$9.11MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-6.2%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$18K
Aug 2026$17.6K
Jul 2026$17.6K
Jun 2026$18.5K
May 2026$19.7K
Apr 2026$18.3K
Mar 2026$17.5K
Feb 2026$19.3K
Jan 2026$16.8K
Dec 2025$17.8K
Nov 2025$17.2K
Oct 2025$16.7K
Sep 2025$19.1K
Aug 2025$18.5K
Jul 2025$19.2K
Jun 2025$20.3K
May 2025$20.9K
Apr 2025$20.1K
Mar 2025$18.2K
Feb 2025$20K
Jan 2025$18.3K
Dec 2024$18.4K
Nov 2024$16.7K
Oct 2024$17.1K
Sep 2024$19.1K
Aug 2024$18.7K
Jul 2024$19.5K
Jun 2024$20.5K
May 2024$21.6K
Apr 2024$20.8K
Mar 2024$19.2K
Feb 2024$21K
Jan 2024$19K
Dec 2023$19.6K
Nov 2023$19K
Oct 2023$19.7K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$9.65K
Aug 2026$9.65K
Jul 2026$9.65K
Jun 2026$9.84K
May 2026$9.84K
Apr 2026$9.84K
Mar 2026$9.84K
Feb 2026$9.84K
Jan 2026$9.84K
Dec 2025$10.5K
Nov 2025$10.5K
Oct 2025$10.5K
Sep 2025$10.8K
Aug 2025$10.8K
Jul 2025$10.8K
Jun 2025$9.3K
May 2025$9.3K
Apr 2025$9.3K
Mar 2025$9.3K
Feb 2025$9.3K
Jan 2025$9.3K
Dec 2024$9.3K
Nov 2024$10.2K
Oct 2024$10.2K
Sep 2024$10.2K
Aug 2024$10.2K
Jul 2024$10.2K
Jun 2024$10.2K
May 2024$10.2K
Apr 2024$10.2K
Mar 2024$10.2K
Feb 2024$10.2K
Jan 2024$10.2K
Dec 2023$10.2K
Nov 2023$10.2K
Oct 2023$10.2K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$9.11M-6.2%
FY2024$9.71M-6.0%
FY2023$10.3M-5.1%
FY2022$10.9M-5.0%
FY2021$11.4M-4.3%
FY2020$12M-8.2%
FY2019$13M+6.2%
FY2018$12.3M+23.9%
FY2017$9.89M-22.0%
FY2016$12.7M-3.0%
FY2015$13.1M-2.8%
FY2014$13.4M-1.6%
FY2013$13.7Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$1.87M$1.81M+3.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$344K$517K-33.4%
Intergovernmental Revenues$783K$523K+49.8%
Charges for Services$3.34M$3.3M+1.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$11.9K$9.79K+21.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$333K$293K+13.3%
Other Sourcesn/a$124Kn/a
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$1.06M$1.05M+0.7%
Public Safety$496K$472K+5.2%
Physical Environment$3.45M$2.75M+25.7%
Transportation$526K$543K-3.1%
Culture / Recreation$215K$192K+12.0%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/a$100Kn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$0Deposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$40.7M high2026
Branches0June 30, 2026
Institutions0June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Polk City.

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

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