Florida · Census place 1278275
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida with an estimated 59,975 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 59,975
- #53 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +18.5%
- +9,372 people
- Land area
- 33.2 sq mi
- + 8.71 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,805 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Winter Haven population, 2020 to 2024
Winter Haven added 9,372 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.5%. In the latest year it moved by +2,495. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 26th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Winter Haven is 2.7 times that size.
Winter Haven covers 33.23 square miles of land and 8.71 of water, for 1,805 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Winter Haven is less dense than the typical town.
What county Winter Haven is in
All of Winter Haven's residents live in Polk County, which had 852,878 residents in 2024. Winter Haven holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Winter Haven
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Winter Haven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33880, 33881, 33884. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Winter Haven is
The Census internal point of Winter Haven is at 28.045800, -81.732700. Tallahassee, the capital, is 225.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lakeland, FL (124,990 people), 13.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 28.045800, -81.732700
- DMS
- 28°02'44.88"N 81°43'57.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 427988.5E 3102492.4N
- Geohash
- dhvzs1s4d
- Plus code
- 76WW27W8+8W
Daylight in Winter Haven
At 28.05° N, Winter Haven gets about 13 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Winter Haven
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Eagle Lake, 5.1 miles away, with 5,576 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Winter Haven, FL?
59,975 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9,372 (18.5%) from 50,603 in July 2020.
What county is Winter Haven in?
Polk County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Winter Haven?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33880, 33881, 33884.
How far is Winter Haven from Tallahassee?
225.6 miles (363.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Winter Haven.
What is the nearest larger city to Winter Haven?
Lakeland, FL, with 124,990 residents, 13.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.