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How the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202638 of 38 ZIP codes scored · 0.80M residents represented

Score snapshot

45.30Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
43.31Median scoremiddle of 38 scored ZIPs
55.45Highest score33812 · Lakeland
28.93Lowest score33838 · Dundee
26.52Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#317Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
90%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.72M of 0.80M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.80MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0.80MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 38 of 38
  1. 8,91733812in Lakeland · 16,169 residents55.45
  2. 9,83233813in Lakeland · 38,674 residents54.70
  3. 10,69033896in Davenport · 26,731 residents54.01
  4. 13,68033897in Davenport · 30,159 residents51.82
  5. 14,13333811in Lakeland · 29,472 residents51.49
  6. 14,57033803in Lakeland · 29,321 residents51.18
  7. 17,34833837in Davenport · 47,389 residents49.23
  8. 18,04133884in Winter Haven · 37,561 residents48.73
  9. 18,14633809in Lakeland · 30,797 residents48.64
  10. 19,25833810in Lakeland · 55,137 residents47.74
  11. 19,97434759in Kissimmee · 44,568 residents47.16
  12. 21,11233827in Babson Park · 2,431 residents46.20
  13. 21,82233850in Lake Alfred · 9,757 residents45.56
  14. 22,75633849in Kathleen · 851 residents44.65
  15. 22,95333855in Indian Lake Estates · 15 residents44.47
  16. 23,43133847in Homeland · 442 residents43.99
  17. 23,59933854in Lakeshore · 781 residents43.81
  18. 23,81433856in Nalcrest · 394 residents43.59
  19. 23,96333839in Eagle Lake · 4,561 residents43.45
  20. 24,22433868in Polk City · 13,827 residents43.17
  21. 24,58233877in Waverly · 159 residents42.77
  22. 24,74833844in Haines City · 51,255 residents42.57
  23. 24,76833830in Bartow · 33,740 residents42.55
  24. 24,88233860in Mulberry · 24,892 residents42.44
  25. 25,13533823in Auburndale · 41,779 residents42.09
  26. 25,25833898in Lake Wales · 18,527 residents41.94
  27. 25,56933859in Lake Wales · 11,824 residents41.60
  28. 26,19233880in Winter Haven · 43,371 residents40.79
  29. 26,81033801in Lakeland · 35,394 residents39.93
  30. 27,58733805in Lakeland · 28,751 residents38.71
  31. 27,92633843in Frostproof · 11,220 residents38.14
  32. 28,00533881in Winter Haven · 40,808 residents38.01
  33. 28,14733853in Lake Wales · 12,674 residents37.79
  34. 28,68333815in Lakeland · 13,975 residents36.66
  35. 28,86433851in Lake Hamilton · 1,212 residents36.29
  36. 29,89733841in Fort Meade · 8,005 residents33.51
  37. 30,42533867in River Ranch · 43 residents31.51
  38. 30,96033838in Dundee · 5,688 residents28.93
Open the full Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro ranking →One page, all 38 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

8 of 38 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access34%273,617 people

4 ZIP codes tie at this end: 33805 Lakeland33837 Davenport33853 Lake Wales33881 Winter Haven

Disability31%248,712 people

Standing highest: 33812 Lakeland33813 Lakeland33896 Davenport

Chronic Disease Burden28%222,476 people

Standing highest: 33812 Lakeland33896 Davenport33897 Davenport

Environmental Hazard21%172,002 people

Standing highest: 33843 Frostproof33855 Indian Lake Estates34759 Kissimmee

Risk Behavior19%149,646 people

Standing highest: 33854 Lakeshore33855 Indian Lake Estates33856 Nalcrest

Social Need / SDOH18%148,401 people

Standing highest: 33811 Lakeland33812 Lakeland33813 Lakeland

Mental Health18%140,508 people

Standing highest: 33854 Lakeshore33856 Nalcrest34759 Kissimmee

Preventive Care15%118,613 people

Standing highest: 33813 Lakeland33855 Indian Lake Estates33856 Nalcrest

Climate / Disaster Risk12%99,922 people

Standing highest: 33813 Lakeland33847 Homeland33855 Indian Lake Estates

Each fifth is about 8 of this metro’s 38 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 802,354 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.