Bartow vs Winter Haven

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

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

Winter Haven has the higher population (52,846 vs 19,801 in Bartow). Bartow has the higher median household income ($66,944 vs $59,604 in Winter Haven). Winter Haven has the higher median home value ($248,200 vs $210,400 in Bartow).

Population, income & housing

	Bartow	Winter Haven
Population	19,801	52,846
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$59,604
Median home value	$210,400	$248,200
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,200
Housing units	7,635	22,944
Homeownership rate	66.4%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartow	Winter Haven
Population	19,440 → 19,801 (+1.9%)	41,248 → 52,846 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$47,779 → $66,944 (+40.1%)	$46,669 → $59,604 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$137,100 → $210,400 (+53.5%)	$154,100 → $248,200 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,073 (+27.6%)	$961 → $1,200 (+24.9%)

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

Winter Haven

Population

41,24852,846

Median household income

$46,669$59,604

Median home value

$154,100$248,200

Median gross rent

$961$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartow	Winter Haven
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.4%
75 and over	7.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartow	Winter Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	44.0%
Black or African American	22.3%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartow	Winter Haven
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartow	Winter Haven
Drove alone	79.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartow	Winter Haven
1-unit, detached	73.6%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bartow	Winter Haven
Poverty rate	16.5%	16.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1976	1988