Bartow vs Medulla

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

Bartow and Medulla 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 11,712 in Medulla). Medulla has the higher median household income ($72,604 vs $66,944 in Bartow). Medulla has the higher median home value ($288,400 vs $210,400 in Bartow).

Population, income & housing

	Bartow	Medulla
Population	19,801	11,712
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$72,604
Median home value	$210,400	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,227
Housing units	7,635	4,565
Homeownership rate	66.4%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartow	Medulla
Population	19,440 → 19,801 (+1.9%)	10,275 → 11,712 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$47,779 → $66,944 (+40.1%)	$51,541 → $72,604 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$137,100 → $210,400 (+53.5%)	$180,900 → $288,400 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,073 (+27.6%)	$1,045 → $1,227 (+17.4%)

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

Medulla

Population

10,27511,712

Median household income

$51,541$72,604

Median home value

$180,900$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartow	Medulla
Under 5	6.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	17.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.1%
75 and over	7.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartow	Medulla
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	52.3%
Black or African American	22.3%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartow	Medulla
No high school diploma	9.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartow	Medulla
Drove alone	79.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartow	Medulla
1-unit, detached	73.6%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Bartow	Medulla
Poverty rate	16.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1976	1996