Bartow vs Poinciana

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

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

Poinciana has the higher population (71,665 vs 19,801 in Bartow). Bartow has the higher median household income ($66,944 vs $63,042 in Poinciana). Poinciana has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $210,400 in Bartow).

Population, income & housing

	Bartow	Poinciana
Population	19,801	71,665
Median age	36.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$63,042
Median home value	$210,400	$266,900
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,712
Housing units	7,635	27,256
Homeownership rate	66.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartow	Poinciana
Population	19,440 → 19,801 (+1.9%)	69,955 → 71,665 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$47,779 → $66,944 (+40.1%)	$49,878 → $63,042 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$137,100 → $210,400 (+53.5%)	$170,900 → $266,900 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,073 (+27.6%)	$1,247 → $1,712 (+37.3%)

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

Poinciana

Population

69,95571,665

Median household income

$49,878$63,042

Median home value

$170,900$266,900

Median gross rent

$1,247$1,712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartow	Poinciana
Under 5	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.0%
75 and over	7.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartow	Poinciana
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	15.5%
Black or African American	22.3%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	57.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartow	Poinciana
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartow	Poinciana
Drove alone	79.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartow	Poinciana
1-unit, detached	73.6%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bartow	Poinciana
Poverty rate	16.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.70	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	46
Median year structure built	1976	2004