Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Polk City is worth considering.
One downside of living in Polk City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Polk City, the average commute to work is 32.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Polk City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
