Loughman, 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 Loughman, Polk County, Florida
Loughman, in Polk County, had 5,417 people in the 2020 census. 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 people in Polk County work in schools and health care, then shops.
- 2,656households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 34 mintypical commute
What people in Polk County work in
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
Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 48°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 74°. About 53 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kissimmee weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Polk County
- Publix Super Markets16,537
- Polk County School Board13,500
- Lakeland Regional Health8,279
- Walmart5,523
- Amazon5,500
- Polk County Government5,262
- Baycare3,402
- 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
- Strong windVery high
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Wildfirerelatively high in parts of LoughmanRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of LoughmanRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Loughman’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.