Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 33853 Lake Wales, FL $221,872 $1,497 5.26% 5.5%
2 33898 Lake Wales, FL $250,794 $1,863 5.79% 5.2%
3 33830 Bartow, FL $278,638 $1,849 5.18% 5.0%
4 33841 Fort Meade, FL $230,023 $1,089 3.69% 5.0%
5 33850 Lake Alfred, FL $310,202 $2,048 5.15% 4.9%
6 33812 Lakeland, FL $375,655 $1,918 3.98% 4.8%
7 33801 Lakeland, FL $233,648 $1,514 5.05% 4.7%
8 33813 Lakeland, FL $372,544 $2,129 4.46% 4.7%
9 33810 Lakeland, FL $318,682 $1,943 4.76% 4.6%
10 33897 Davenport, FL $343,361 $2,212 5.03% 4.6%
11 33805 Lakeland, FL $232,826 $1,579 5.29% 4.5%
12 33851 Lake Hamilton, FL $311,371 $1,305 3.27% 4.5%
13 33809 Lakeland, FL $313,384 $1,694 4.22% 4.4%
14 33860 Mulberry, FL $287,565 $1,741 4.72% 4.3%
15 33811 Lakeland, FL $337,391 $2,042 4.72% 4.3%
16 33868 Polk City, FL $252,075 $1,152 3.56% 4.1%
17 33823 Auburndale, FL $304,342 $1,930 4.95% 4.1%
18 33839 Eagle Lake, FL $285,280 $2,137 5.84% 4.0%
19 33803 Lakeland, FL $289,187 $1,596 4.31% 4.0%
20 33815 Lakeland, FL $185,399 $1,791 7.54% 4.0%
21 33880 Winter Haven, FL $253,082 $1,627 5.01% 3.9%
22 33838 Dundee, FL $268,684 $1,964 5.70% 3.8%
23 33844 Haines City, FL $295,266 $2,036 5.38% 3.7%
24 33859 Lake Wales, FL $272,308 $2,000 5.73% 3.7%
25 33837 Davenport, FL $336,748 $2,056 4.76% 3.6%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →