Home values, rents and more in Bartow, FL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Bartow compares
The typical home in Bartow, FL is worth about $276,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bartow are 7% below the typical value in the Lakeland metro area ($296,000) and 25% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Bartow fell 0.1%, compared with −2.2% in the Lakeland metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,785 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Lakeland metro area ($1,814) and 8% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $68,178, against $65,978 in the Lakeland metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 20,438 people live in Bartow (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Bartow has the 10th-highest typical home value of the 20 cities in the Lakeland metro area and the 127th-lowest of 496 in Florida with Zillow figures.
Part of: Polk County, FL · Lakeland metro area · Florida
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.