2013 Lake Wales Area Resident & Visitor Guide Chamber of Commerce (863) 676-3445 Polk County 340 West Central Avenue email: [email protected] Main or visit: www.lakewaleschamber.com Switchboard (863) 534-6000 330 W. Church Street Depot Museum (863) 676-5160 Bartow 325 South Scenic Highway Adult Day Health Care (863) 519-8146 Fire Department (863) 678-4203 305 W. Central Avenue, Lake Wales 253 West Central Avenue Central Florida Library (863) 678-4004 Development Council (863) 551-4700 290 Cypress Gardens Lane 271 Lake Myrtle Park Road Auburndale Main Street (863) 676-3445 www.cfdc.org Municipal Administration Central Florida Visitors Building (863) 678-4182 & Convention Bureau (863) 551-4700 201 West Central Avenue Lake Wales (800) 828-7655 Community Profile N.A.A.C.P. (863) 679-8091 e-mail: [email protected] Police Department (863) 678-4223 or visit: www.visitcentralflorida.org Average annual rainfall: 48" 133 EastTillman Avenue Polk Outpost 27-Visitor Information Average snowfall: 0" Senior Center (863) 678-0662 Center 101 Adventure Court, Davenport, Average temperature in winter: 60° 129 E. Stuart Avenue FL 33837 Located on Hwy 27, 7/2 mile South Average temperature in summer: 82° of Interstate 4 at Exit 55 County: Polk HOSPITAL Courthouse Annex (863) 678-4002 County Seat: Bartow 660 State Road 60 West City of Lake Wales Incorporated: 1917 lake Wales Medical Center (863) 676-1433 Size: 19 square miles 410 S. 11th Street Health Department (863) 678-4144 835 West Central Avenue DEMOGRAPHICS -~LAKE WALES NEWSPAPERS Sheriff's Department (863) 678-4170 - - AREA Lake Wales News (863) 676-3467 860 Thompson Nursery Road (5-mile radius from the center of downtown Lake Wales) 140 East Stuart Avenue EMPLOYMENT Population, 2010: 25,870 The Ledger Media Group 1-888-431-7323 Population, 2015 Projection: 26,860 455 Sixth Street, NW, (863) 401-6900 Polk Works (863) 291-5292 Growth, 2010-2015: .75% Winter Haven 2010 Median Age: 43.2 VOTER INFORMATION Total Housing Units: 10,510 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Owner Occupied Units: 7,339 Voter information Winter Haven Area Transit Renter Occupied Units: 3,171 and registration (863) 534-5888 (W.HAT.) (863) 534-5500 Average Household Size: 2.42 e-mail: [email protected] Average Household Income: $48,756 RADIO or visit: www.polkelections.com Median Household Income: $36,732 Per Capita Income: $19,867 WIPC-1280AM (863)679-7178 (Source: Source: u.s. Bureau of the (ensu5, 2000 (ensn: of Population 630 Mountain Lake Cut-Off Road State of Florida and Housing. ESRIforecasts for 2070 and 2075) WONN, WPCV, WLKF, WWRZ City of Lake Wales FY 2009-10 Property 404 Lime Street West (863) 682-8184 Drivers'Licenses (863) 534-4700 Tax Rate: 7.3277 mills ($7.33 per $1,000 of Lakeland 692 State Road 60 West assessed value) LicenseTag & Title (863) 534-4700 UTILITIES State Income Tax: No 624 State Road 60 West Blue Flame Gas (863) 676-2917 LAKE WALES 1130 N. Scenic Highway COMMUNITY SERVICES Bright House (863) 965-7766 United States Emergency: 911 Central Florida Gas Company Social Security 1-800-772-1213 Adult Day Health Care Center 1015 Sixth Street NW Administration 305 West Central Avenue (863) 519-8146 Winter Haven (863) 293-2125 245 West Central Avenue Airport (863) 678-1003 Comcast Cablevision (888) 831-2482 Winter Haven 450 Airport Road (863) 678-0080 Florida Refuse (863) 294-8778 U.S. Post Office 1-800-275-8777 Austin Community Center (863) 678-4003 3820 Maine Avenue (863) 678-0010 6 West Park Avenue (863) 676-7008 315 Martin Luther King Blvd. Lakeland Veteran's Affairs 1-800-827-1000 BStreet Community Center (863) 679-8091 Progress Energy 1-800-700-8744 St. Petersburg, FL 230 B Street (863) 298-6016 Tampa Electric Veterans Service Office (863) 534-5220 Care Center (863) 676-6678 Verizon 1-800-483-4000 1290 Golfview Avenue 140 E. Park Avenue Water, Sewer, Garbage (863) 678-4196 Bartow The True Jewels of the Lake Wales Crown Page 40.