33853
Lake Wales, Florida.
Lake Wales, Polk County, FL · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro · population 12,674
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$653 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,843 -2%
- $224,315$219,472 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,488 +23%
- $177,984$219,472 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- 33853$1,152
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in zip 33853 fell 2.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Lake Wales, FL — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 33853
Against the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro and the national benchmark.
- 33853$1,512
- Lakeland$1,814
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 33853
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 33853$219,472
- Lakeland$295,502
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 33859 | Lake Wales | 11,824 | $1,722 | $270,837 |
| 7.3 | 33827 | Babson Park | 2,431 | — | $302,194 |
| 7.7 | 33884 | Winter Haven | 37,561 | $1,826 | $295,079 |
| 8.3 | 33838 | Dundee | 5,688 | — | $263,897 |
| 10.3 | 33851 | Lake Hamilton | 1,212 | — | $309,006 |
| 11.1 | 33854 | Lakeshore | 781 | — | $88,117 |
| 11.5 | 33839 | Eagle Lake | 4,561 | $2,000 | $283,561 |
| 12.5 | 33843 | Frostproof | 11,220 | $1,416 | $194,319 |
| 12.8 | 33881 | Winter Haven | 40,808 | $1,756 | $262,602 |
| 12.8 | 33844 | Haines City | 51,255 | $2,079 | $292,346 |
| 13.1 | 33880 | Winter Haven | 43,371 | $1,477 | $250,810 |
| 13.5 | 33830 | Bartow | 33,740 | $1,818 | $274,934 |
| 15.0 | 33898 | Lake Wales | 18,527 | $1,565 | $247,734 |
| 15.7 | 33855 | Indian Lake Estates | 15 | — | $291,981 |
| 15.8 | 33841 | Fort Meade | 8,005 | — | $225,964 |
| 16.0 | 34759 | Kissimmee | 44,568 | $1,907 | $276,266 |
| 17.5 | 33850 | Lake Alfred | 9,757 | $2,110 | $305,936 |
| 19.1 | 33823 | Auburndale | 41,779 | $1,740 | $303,989 |
| 19.4 | 33812 | Lakeland | 16,169 | $1,977 | $373,215 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.