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.
