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Crime Map and Safety Score for Polk County, Texas

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Polk County. Severity-weighted and rate-normalized, built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

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Polk County, Texas local context

Polk County, Texas is a mid-sized county market, with an estimated 52,800 residents across 19,517 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

Owner-occupied housing makes up the larger share of occupied homes at 78.1%, while renter-occupied housing accounts for 21.9%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 18% poverty rate, a 8.1% unemployment rate, 16.2% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Long commutes are a notable local context signal here, with 17.4% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Polk County without relying on one broad county-level view.

County profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Population 52,800
Households 19,517
Block Groups 48
Bachelor's+ 16.2%
Owner occupied 78.1%
Renter occupied 21.9%
Poverty rate 18%
Unemployment 8.1%
60+ min commute 17.4%

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate higher modeled risk. Click any block group to see its score and grade. A free account unlocks component breakdowns and API access for production use.

About the model

Scores in Polk County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.