Grenelefe vs Polk City

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

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

Polk City has the higher population (2,884 vs 2,341 in Grenelefe). Polk City has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $75,994 in Grenelefe). Grenelefe has the higher median home value ($312,200 vs $287,600 in Polk City).

Population, income & housing

	Grenelefe	Polk City
Population	2,341	2,884
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,994	$83,333
Median home value	$312,200	$287,600
Median gross rent	$1,099	$986
Housing units	1,629	1,169
Homeownership rate	59.1%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grenelefe	Polk City
Population	2,220 → 2,341 (+5.5%)	2,226 → 2,884 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$46,979 → $75,994 (+61.8%)	$43,917 → $83,333 (+89.8%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $312,200 (+130.1%)	$107,700 → $287,600 (+167.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,099 (+2.8%)	$813 → $986 (+21.3%)

Grenelefe

Population

2,2202,341

Median household income

$46,979$75,994

Median home value

$135,700$312,200

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,099

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)

	Grenelefe	Polk City
Under 5	4.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.7%
75 and over	8.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grenelefe	Polk City
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	56.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	46.7%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grenelefe	Polk City
No high school diploma	2.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grenelefe	Polk City
Drove alone	64.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grenelefe	Polk City
1-unit, detached	21.1%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	28.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	16.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Grenelefe	Polk City
Poverty rate	13.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1983	1998