What is the population of Bartow city?

Bartow city has 19,801 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #203 of 955 in Florida.

What is the median household income in Bartow city?

Median household income in Bartow city is $66,944 a year, 14.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bartow city?

Median gross rent is $1,073 a month and the median home value is $210,400, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.

Is Bartow city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bartow city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bartow, FL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bartow, Florida (Bartow, FL — Census place “Bartow city”) is 19,801 residents, ranking #203 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $66,944, the median home is worth $210,400 and median gross rent runs $1,073 a month. Looking for the Bartow Florida ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bartow, FL: 33830.

Population: 19,801Bartow city residents
Median household income: $66,944Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $210,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,073Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.4%Owner-occupied households

Bartow ZIP codes (Florida)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bartow.

The Bartow FL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

33830

What the numbers mean in Bartow city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bartow city median would spend about 19.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.5% of residents and 66.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bartow city, FL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bartow city is a mid-size town in Florida, with 19,801 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #203 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 36.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bartow city earn a median of $66,944 a year, 14.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bartow city is valued at $210,400, 30.7% below the national figure and 31% below the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,073 a month, 23.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,876 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Bartow city?: Bartow city has 19,801 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #203 of 955 in Florida.
What is the median household income in Bartow city?: Median household income in Bartow city is $66,944 a year, 14.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bartow city?: Median gross rent is $1,073 a month and the median home value is $210,400, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.
Is Bartow city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bartow city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bartow city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.