Poinciana is a community in Polk County, Florida, home to about 75,068 people across 72 square miles. Its ZIP codes are 34758 and 34759, and parts of 33844 and 33896 are in Poinciana too.
Homes sold for a median of $170 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and 0 of 2 were seller’s markets.
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Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Poinciana. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
Poinciana is a planned community rather than a city. In the 1960s the Gulf American Corporation bought nearly 50,000 acres of farm and swamp land southwest of Kissimmee, straddling the line between Osceola and Polk counties, and laid it out as a series of villages. The community's master homeowners association, the Association of Poinciana Villages, was formally established on May 26, 1972, and the first household moved in the following year. Gulf American led development for about a decade, and in the mid-1980s Avatar Holdings, later renamed AV Homes, took over as developer.
Growth came slowly at first. A small portable building served as the first library in 1987, a permanent branch library opened on Doverplum Avenue in 1998, and the first full supermarket did not arrive until the early 1990s; before that, the Farm Store in the Town Center area sold basic groceries. Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne all struck the area in 2004, and the association's community center became the hub for distributing water and food during recovery.
The pace changed in the 2010s. Poinciana Parkway, a toll road giving the community a more direct route toward Interstate 4, opened in April 2016, and in July 2018 SunRail extended commuter rail service south to a new Poinciana station. The association, which marked its 50th anniversary in 2022, describes itself as the largest homeowners association in Florida.
Poinciana has no city government. It is an unincorporated census-designated community split between Osceola and Polk counties, so county governments provide services such as roads, permitting and law enforcement depending on which side of the county line a home sits on. On top of that, most of the community belongs to the Association of Poinciana Villages, a mandatory-membership master association of more than 27,000 properties managed by FirstService Residential, with assessments that include bulk internet and cable service.
The association's villages are Reedy Creek, Deerwood, Cypress, Pineland, London Creek, Timberlake, Lake Marion and Broadmoor. Some villages have their own sub-associations. Homes sit in subdivisions built from the 1970s onward, new construction continues in the newest village, and Broadmoor includes a mobile home park. Solivita, originally planned as the tenth village, left the association in 2011 and is a separately governed gated community.
The main roads through the villages are Cypress Parkway and Marigold Avenue, and Poinciana Lakes Plaza, a newer shopping center, sits where they meet. The association's own amenities include its pools, the Poinciana Activity Campus with the community and recreation centers, and the Vance Harmon complex with the Mary Jane Arrington Gym and Aquatic Center, renovated in 2017 and 2018.
U.S. 17-92 (Orange Blossom Trail) runs across the north side of Poinciana. Poinciana Parkway (State Road 538), a toll road opened in 2016, gives a more direct route north toward Interstate 4. Inside the community, Cypress Parkway, Marigold Avenue, Poinciana Boulevard and Lake Hatchineha Road are the main routes.
Poinciana station, at 5025 South Rail Avenue near U.S. 17-92 and Poinciana Boulevard, is the southern terminus of SunRail and has a park-and-ride lot. Trains run north through Kissimmee, Meadow Woods and Sand Lake Road to downtown Orlando and on to Sanford, DeBary and DeLand. As of 2026, service runs Monday through Friday only, and the early-morning northbound trains take about 38 minutes from Poinciana to Church Street in downtown Orlando.
LYNX, the Orlando-area bus system, connects at the station. Route 306, a Disney Direct line, links Poinciana with the Disney resort area, and NeighborLink 804 serves nearby Intercession City and Campbell City. Other LYNX service connects central Poinciana with Kissimmee. Orlando International Airport is the nearest major airport.
Much of community life centers on the association's facilities. The Poinciana Activity Campus, renovated and expanded in a $4.1 million project completed in 2015, holds the community center, recreation center and a pool building, and the Vance Harmon complex adds a gym and aquatic center. The Anthony DePalma Event Center on Marigold Avenue hosts community events such as game nights, and the Poinciana Christmas Parade has been held each year since 1992.
The Poinciana Branch Library, part of the Osceola Library System, is at 101 North Doverplum Avenue and has hosted programs ranging from native-plant and butterfly-garden talks to reading groups.
For nature, The Nature Conservancy's Disney Wilderness Preserve, an 11,500-acre preserve a short drive away on Scrub Jay Trail, has loop trails of half a mile, 2.5 miles to Lake Russell and 6 miles through wetland and upland habitat; it is normally open on weekdays, though it posted a hurricane-related closure in 2026, so check before visiting. The SunRail line and LYNX Disney Direct buses put downtown Orlando and the Disney resort area within reach for day trips.
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Get matched| Nearest major airport | Orlando International Airport (MCO)24 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Orlando, FL26 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA898 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Poinciana; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Poinciana had 69,309 residents in the 2020 census, up 408% since 2000.
It’s the 49th largest of 954 towns in Florida by population.
Polk County grew from 12,472 residents in 1900 to 725,046 in 2020.
Polk County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 92°F in summer, and winter lows average 48°F. About 52.8 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Kissimmee 2, FL weather station (11 miles away).
232,278 jobs at 13,992 businesses in Polk County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
208 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Poinciana’s ZIP codes.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 41 |
|---|---|
| Specialist doctors | 12 |
| Dentists | 15 |
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 49 |
| Mental health providers | 63 |
| Physical and occupational therapists | 14 |
| Optometrists | 7 |
| Chiropractors | 7 |
| Pharmacies | 11 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (6 nearby)
Grocery stores (5 nearby)
Pharmacies (1 nearby)
Libraries (2 nearby)
Counts are within about 5.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
Public schools here are run by Osceola, Polk. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
| School | Grades | Students | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Elementary School for Science and EngineeringKissimmee | Pre-K–5 | 729 | Public | 4.1 mi |
| Deerwood Elementary SchoolKissimmee | Pre-K–5 | 422 | Public | 3.8 mi |
| Koa Elementary SchoolKissimmee | Pre-K–5 | 714 | Public | 2.4 mi |
| Laurel Elementary SchoolPoinciana | Pre-K–5 | 1,126 | Public | 4.4 mi |
| Palmetto Elementary SchoolPoinciana | Pre-K–5 | 479 | Public | 3.7 mi |
| Poinciana Academy of Fine ArtsKissimmee | Pre-K–5 | 558 | Public | 2.4 mi |
| Reedy Creek Elementary SchoolKissimmee | Pre-K–5 | 431 | Public | 6.8 mi |
| Bridgeprep Academy Osceola CountyKissimmee | K–8 | 837 | Charter | 3.0 mi |
| Renaissance Charter School at PoincianaKissimmee | K–8 | 879 | Charter | 8.4 mi |
| Discovery Intermediate SchoolKissimmee | 6–8 | 804 | Public | 2.7 mi |
| Lake Marion Creek Middle SchoolPoinciana | 6–8 | 1,013 | Public | 4.7 mi |
| New Dimensions High SchoolKissimmee | 9–12 | 445 | Charter | 4.2 mi |
| Poinciana High SchoolKissimmee | 9–12 | 2,573 | Public | 7.2 mi |
| Osceola Technical College Poinciana CampusKissimmee | 11–12 | — | Career and Technical | 4.4 mi |
| School | Grades | Students | Affiliation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jerusalem AcademyKissimmee | Pre-K–12 | 56 | Christian (no specific denomination) | 4.2 mi |
| Poinciana Christian Preparatory SchoolKissimmee | Pre-K–12 | 452 | Christian (no specific denomination) | 6.7 mi |
| Individual Education Plan Academy, IncKissimmee | K–12 | 2,570 | Other religious | 3.4 mi |
| Pha Preparatory SchoolKissimmee | K–12 | 216 | Nonsectarian | 3.1 mi |
| Pleasant Hill AcademyKissimmee | K–12 | 207 | Christian (no specific denomination) | 3.1 mi |
| Chosen Generation Christian AcademyKissimmee | 1–12 | 100 | Christian (no specific denomination) | 4.2 mi |
| Shiloh Accelerated Christian AcademyKissimmee | 1–12 | 40 | Christian (no specific denomination) | 5.0 mi |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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Shares ZIP codes with Haines City, Four Corners, Loughman, Grenelefe, Davenport and Lake Hamilton.
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