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Kathleen is a big small town of 7,201 people in Polk County, Florida. It's about 7 miles from Lakeland, FL and 29 miles from Tampa, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 74°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $204k and rent runs about $1k a month.
7,201people
$204kTypical home
$1,247/moRent
93° / 74°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
127Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,201
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,001 people per sq mi
- 29 mi to Tampa, FL
- 7 mi to Lakeland, FL
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $204k (≈$1,283/mo)
- Median rent $1,247/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 74°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (92 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 23 of 90 winter days are gray
- 127 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (239 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (854 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 33% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to LAL airport
- 32 mi to TPA (major hub)
- 7 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 47% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 157 ft
- 27 mi to the ocean
- 39 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 97 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 662 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 56 bars within 25 mi
- 162 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of Florida districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Polk County: R+21 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk