Bartow is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 19,888 people and six associated neighborhoods, Bartow is the 147th largest community in Florida.

Being a small city, Bartow does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Bartow overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Bartow, 22.06% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bartow in 2018 was $29,728, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,912 for a family of four. However, Bartow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bartow is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bartow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bartow residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bartow also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bartow include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Bartow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.