Bartow vs Haines City

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

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

Haines City has the higher population (31,156 vs 19,801 in Bartow). Bartow has the higher median household income ($66,944 vs $58,227 in Haines City). Haines City has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $210,400 in Bartow).

Population, income & housing

	Bartow	Haines City
Population	19,801	31,156
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$58,227
Median home value	$210,400	$250,700
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,216
Housing units	7,635	12,796
Homeownership rate	66.4%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartow	Haines City
Population	19,440 → 19,801 (+1.9%)	24,164 → 31,156 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$47,779 → $66,944 (+40.1%)	$44,279 → $58,227 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$137,100 → $210,400 (+53.5%)	$141,400 → $250,700 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,073 (+27.6%)	$1,024 → $1,216 (+18.8%)

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

Haines City

Population

24,16431,156

Median household income

$44,279$58,227

Median home value

$141,400$250,700

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartow	Haines City
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.8%
75 and over	7.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartow	Haines City
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	26.3%
Black or African American	22.3%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartow	Haines City
No high school diploma	9.8%	16.3%
High school graduate	35.2%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartow	Haines City
Drove alone	79.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.7%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartow	Haines City
1-unit, detached	73.6%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Bartow	Haines City
Poverty rate	16.5%	16.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1976	2000