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Inwood, Florida.

A community in Polk County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Polk County’s.

Living in Inwood, Polk County, Florida

Inwood, in Polk County, had 7,031 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $55,540 a year and half less, against $65,978 across Polk County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 69% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 31% are rented. Unemployment in Polk County was 5.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then schools and health care.

People 7,031 in the 2020 census; median age 36.3
Household income $55,540 the median, give or take $8,497 · Polk County: $65,978
Unemployment 5.6% Polk County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes 69% lived in by their owners; 31% rented
  • 2,698households
  • 7%of adults have a degree
  • 20%below the poverty line
  • 39 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment20%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Polk County had 264,981 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 52°; warmest in July, 93° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 52° F M A M J J 93° 75° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 52°; warmest in July, 93° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 52° F M A M J J 93° 75° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 52°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 75°. About 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Winter Haven Gilbert Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Polk County

  1. Publix Super Markets16,537
  2. Polk County School Board13,500
  3. Lakeland Regional Health8,279
  4. Walmart5,523
  5. Amazon5,500
  6. Polk County Government5,262
  7. Baycare3,402
  8. Geico2,941

From Polk County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Central Florida Development Council; Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Hurricanesrelatively high in parts of InwoodRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Inwood’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Polk County.