Eagle Lake vs Polk City

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Lake and Polk City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Lake has the higher population (3,382 vs 2,884 in Polk City). Polk City has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $70,208 in Eagle Lake). Polk City has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $227,700 in Eagle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
Population	3,382	2,884
Median age	30.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,208	$83,333
Median home value	$227,700	$287,600
Median gross rent	$1,355	$986
Housing units	1,275	1,169
Homeownership rate	78.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
Population	2,621 → 3,382 (+29.0%)	2,226 → 2,884 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$52,262 → $70,208 (+34.3%)	$43,917 → $83,333 (+89.8%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $227,700 (+89.8%)	$107,700 → $287,600 (+167.0%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,355 (+53.1%)	$813 → $986 (+21.3%)

Eagle Lake

Population

2,6213,382

Median household income

$52,262$70,208

Median home value

$120,000$227,700

Median gross rent

$885$1,355

Polk City

Population

2,2262,884

Median household income

$43,917$83,333

Median home value

$107,700$287,600

Median gross rent

$813$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
Under 5	11.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	3.2%	14.7%
75 and over	2.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	56.0%
Black or African American	9.1%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	28.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
Drove alone	76.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
1-unit, detached	87.1%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Polk City
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.7%
Average household size	3.21	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1982	1998