Auburndale vs Bartow

A side-by-side comparison of Auburndale and Bartow: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburndale and Bartow are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bartow has the higher population (19,801 vs 17,438 in Auburndale). Auburndale has the higher median household income ($68,267 vs $66,944 in Bartow). Auburndale has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $210,400 in Bartow).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Bartow
Population	17,438	19,801
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$66,944
Median home value	$272,700	$210,400
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,073
Housing units	6,951	7,635
Homeownership rate	67.8%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Bartow
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	19,440 → 19,801 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$47,779 → $66,944 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$137,100 → $210,400 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$841 → $1,073 (+27.6%)

Auburndale

Population

15,79917,438

Median household income

$54,066$68,267

Median home value

$180,800$272,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,127

Bartow

Population

19,44019,801

Median household income

$47,779$66,944

Median home value

$137,100$210,400

Median gross rent

$841$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Bartow
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.1%
75 and over	9.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Bartow
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	55.3%
Black or African American	14.8%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Bartow
No high school diploma	15.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Bartow
Drove alone	82.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Bartow
1-unit, detached	74.2%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Bartow
Poverty rate	12.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1988	1976