Bartow is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 19,888 people and six associated neighborhoods, Bartow is the 147th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bartow is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bartow is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bartow who work in office and administrative support (10.63%), sales jobs (9.13%), and food service (7.97%). Bartow is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Bartow citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.06% of adults in Bartow have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bartow in 2022 was $29,728, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,912 for a family of four. However, Bartow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bartow is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bartow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bartow residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bartow also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bartow include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bartow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
