Jan Phyl Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Jan Phyl Village had a population of 5,927. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Jan Phyl Village was formed from a purchase in 1950 of 1,200 acres of land west of Winter Haven, purchased by Harry Lesnick of Vermont. He christened the area Jan Phyl Village after his daughters, Janet and Phyllis Lesnick. Most of the early development was real estate, sold to airmen and pilot instructors stationed at the nearby Bartow Air Base during the Korean War. The area suffered its first recession in 1953 at the cessation of U.S. military activity in Korea, leading to many homes being foreclosed. The area remains economically depressed as of 2014, with many closed storefronts. If a proposed transportation improvement program planned by the Polk Transportation Planning Organization is approved, major thoroughfares in the area will be widened by 2030 to accommodate additional traffic.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (2.28%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Jan Phyl Village had a population of 5,927. The median age was 37.5 years. 25.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.3 males age 18 and over.
99.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.2% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,056 households in Jan Phyl Village, of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.0% were married-couple households, 16.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.