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Lake Park, GA map Population (year 2000): 549. Estimated population in July 2006: 578 (+5.3% change)
 

Males: 251  (45.7%)
Females: 298  (54.3%)

Lowndes County

Median resident age:  40.6 years
Georgia median age:  33.4 years

Zip codes: 31636.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,000 (it was $28,359 in 2000)
Lake Park  $34,000
Georgia:  $45,604

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $109,100 (it was $91,400 in 2000)
Lake Park  $109,100
Georgia:  $147,500

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Races in Lake Park:

  • White Non-Hispanic (76.3%)
  • Black (15.7%)
  • Hispanic (4.2%)
  • American Indian (2.7%)
  • Two or more races (1.6%)

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Ancestries: Irish (11.7%), United States (9.8%), English (8.4%), German (7.3%), Dutch (2.9%), Polish (1.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 153 feet

Land area: 1.42 square miles.

Population density: 393 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Lake Park

  • High school or higher: 77.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
  • Unemployed: 6.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lake Park city

  • Never married: 19.4%
  • Now married: 57.6%
  • Separated: 2.1%
  • Widowed: 11.5%
  • Divorced: 9.4%

34 residents are foreign born (5.6% Latin America).

This city:  6.2%
Georgia:  7.1%



According to our research there were 13 registered sex offenders living in Lake Park, Georgia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Lake Park to the number of sex offenders is 43 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Lake Park:  0.7% ($665)
Georgia:  0.8% ($919)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tallahassee, FL (76.3 miles , pop. 150,624).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Jacksonville, FL (108.0 miles , pop. 735,617).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (831.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Dasher, GA (4.8 miles ), West Echols, GA (8.0 miles ), Jennings, FL (8.2 miles ), Valdosta, GA (13.0 miles ), Naylor, GA (13.4 miles ), Remerton, GA (13.8 miles ), Barretts, GA (19.2 miles ), Jasper, FL (19.9 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 3 buildings, average cost: $67,700
  • 1997: 4 buildings, average cost: $51,000
  • 1998: 8 buildings, average cost: $96,500
  • 1999: 9 buildings, average cost: $87,800
  • 2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $67,500
  • 2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $81,800
  • 2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $200,000
  • 2003: 11 buildings, average cost: $94,900
  • 2004: 5 buildings, average cost: $93,200
  • 2005: 15 buildings, average cost: $127,000
  • 2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $146,700
  • 2007: 7 buildings, average cost: $121,400

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Latitude: 30.68 N, Longitude: 83.19 W


31 people in nursing homes

Area code: 229

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Population change in the 1990s: -2 (-0.4%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (17%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (8%)
  • Truck transportation (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Chemicals (4%)
  • Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (20%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
  • Cashiers (8%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)


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Crime in Lake Park (2001):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 1 robbery (177.9 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 9 burglaries (1601.4 per 100,000)
  • 9 thefts (1601.4 per 100,000)
  • 4 auto thefts (711.7 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 286.5 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.8)

Crime in Lake Park (2006):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 4 burglaries (692.0 per 100,000)
  • 11 thefts (1903.1 per 100,000)
  • 2 auto thefts (346.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 152.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 309.6)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  3.58
US city average:  3.00

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Lake Park-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Georgia state average. It is 11% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 10.7 miles away from the Lake Park city center killed 4 people and injured 18 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/19/1988, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 7.3 miles away from the city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Lake Park:
  • SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; VALDOSTA, GA)
  • SMITH NORTHVIEW HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; VALDOSTA, GA)
  • TRINITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; JASPER, FL)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Lake Park:
  • VALDOSTA RGNL (about 8 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; ID: VLD)
  • MOODY AFB (about 20 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; ID: VAD)
  • TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL (about 84 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; ID: TLH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lake Park:
  • QUITMAN BROOKS COUNTY (about 29 miles; QUITMAN, GA; ID: 4J5)
  • SUWANNEE COUNTY (about 29 miles; LIVE OAK, FL; ID: 24J)
  • BERRIEN CO (about 36 miles; NASHVILLE, GA; ID: 4J2)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lake Park:
  • VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; Full-time enrollment: 7,157)
  • FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 10,991)
  • FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 29,949)
  • TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 7,016)
  • ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; ALBANY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,996)
  • SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 88 miles; GAINESVILLE, FL; FT enrollment: 7,942)
  • UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (about 90 miles; GAINESVILLE, FL; FT enrollment: 41,543)
Private high school in Lake Park:
  • LAKE PARK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 40; Location: PO BOX 121 900 MARION AVE; Grades: KG - 12)
Public elementary/middle school in Lake Park:
  • LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 653; Location: 604 WEST MARION AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)

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Lakes: Bonet Lake (A), Toms Pond (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Tourist attractions: Georgia Visitor's Information Center (5584 Mill Store Road), Chamber of Commerce Lake Park Area (5238 Jewel Futch Road).

Hotels: Guesthouse Inn (1075 Lakes Boulevard), Best Western Lake Park Inn (6072 Bellville Road), Hampton Inn Valdosta/Lake Park Area (4906 Timber Dr), Guesthouse Intl Lake Park (1075 Lake Boulevard).

Court: Echols County - Clerk of Superior Court (110 Highway 94 East).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Lake Park and their reported violations in the past:

DEER CREEK MOBILE HOME PARK (Population served: 226, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Average - Between APR-2006 and JUN-2006, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2006 and MAR-2006, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-06-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-06-2006)
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-13-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-13-2006), St Public Notif received (APR-25-2006)
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2005 and AUG-08-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: State CCR Follow-up Notice (AUG-01-2005), St Compliance achieved (AUG-08-2005)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and SEP-14-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: State CCR Follow-up Notice (AUG-20-2004), St Compliance achieved (SEP-14-2004)
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUL-2003, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-08-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-08-2003)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2002 and JUL-26-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-02-2002), St Compliance achieved (JUL-26-2002)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and JUL-09-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Intentional no-action (JUL-02-2001), St Compliance achieved (JUL-09-2001)
  • 5 routine major monitoring violations
  • One minor monitoring violation
BARKCO VILLAGE SUBDIVISION (Population served: 104, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-01-1997 and SEP-07-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-07-2000), St Intentional no-action (AUG-05-2003)
FAWN HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION (Population served: 78, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-1997 and SEP-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-30-2000), St Public Notif requested (AUG-28-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-28-2001)
PARADISE ISLAND FISH CAMP (Population served: 62, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
BEVEL CREEK SUBDIVISION (Population served: 57, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-01-1997 and OCT-04-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-04-2000), St Intentional no-action (AUG-05-2003)
  • One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Lake Park that have no violations reported:
  • J.B.G. WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 200, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.3 people
Georgia:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  62.5%
Whole state:  70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.0%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 1.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  19.8%
Whole state:  13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.8%
Whole state:  6.1%

Lake Park compared to Georgia state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Lake Park (2007 data):
  • First State Bank and Trust Company of Valdosta: Lake Park Branch at 559 Lakes Boulevard, branch established on 1990-01-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $458.7 mil, Deposits: $375.9 mil, headquarters in Valdosta, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Synovus Financial Corp.
  • The Park Avenue Bank: Francis Lake Shopping Center Branch at 1012 Lakes Boulevard, branch established on 1986-01-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,119.1 mil, Deposits: $911.0 mil, headquarters in Valdosta, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: Pab Bankshares, Inc.
  • First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Valdosta: Lakes Blvd. Branch at 801 Lakes Blvd., branch established on 2000-03-09. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $169.6 mil, Deposits: $113.8 mil, headquarters in Valdosta, GA, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 3 total offices



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 1$1,506$18,0720$0
Other Government Administration 1$2,175$26,1000$0
Police - Other 0$0 1$443
Police Protection - Officers 2$4,013$24,0781$1,178
Solid Waste Management 1$1,404$16,8480$0
Totals for Government 5$9,097$21,8332$1,621


Lake Park government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $14,000
    Solid Waste Management: $10,000
    Parks & Recreation: $3,000
    All Other: $2,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $107,000
    Central Staff Services: $61,000
    Regular Highways: $44,000
    Fire Protection: $43,000
    Solid Waste Management: $26,000
    Water Utilities: $20,000
    Sewerage: $13,000
    General - Other: $11,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $8,000
    Parks & Recreation: $4,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $54,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $31,000
    Interest Earnings: $2,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $164,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $22,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
  • Tax - Property: $125,000
    Public Utilities: $27,000
    Other Selective Sales: $20,000
    Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $17,000
    NEC: $17,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $121,000

10.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,005 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.01%
Georgia average:  10.98%

0.52% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,779 average AGI)
Lowndes County:  0.52%
Georgia average:  0.39%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Brooks County, GA  0.59% ($25,503 average AGI)
from Cook County, GA  0.35% ($25,540)
from Berrien County, GA  0.31% ($25,316)


9.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,540 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.68%
Georgia average:  9.55%

0.48% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,903 average AGI)
Lowndes County:  0.48%
Georgia average:  0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Brooks County, GA  0.57% ($25,779 average AGI)
to Lanier County, GA  0.35% ($23,937)
to Cook County, GA  0.27% ($33,224)


Strongest AM radio stations in Lake Park:
  • WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WJEM (1150 AM; 5 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WJEM, INC.)
  • WGOV (950 AM; 4 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: W G O V, INC.)
  • WTHV (810 AM; daytime; 3 kW; HAHIRA, GA; Owner: ETERNAL LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
  • WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
  • WOBS (1530 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WGSR (1570 AM; 50 kW; FERNANDINA BEACH, FL; Owner: RJM COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
  • WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
  • WVLD (1450 AM; 1 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lake Park:
  • WWRQ-FM (107.9 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WQPW (95.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WAAC (92.9 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WGOV, INC.)
  • WVHT (105.7 FM; MONTICELLO, FL; Owner: WILSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WXHT (102.7 FM; MADISON, FL; Owner: MAGNUM BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WAFT (101.1 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: CHRISTIAN RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WHLJ (97.5 FM; STATENVILLE, GA; Owner: LATAURUS PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED)
  • WDMG-FM (99.5 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WYZK (96.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: C. D. J., INC.)
  • WWET (91.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WSTI-FM (105.3 FM; QUITMAN, GA; Owner: MAGNUM BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJYF (95.3 FM; NASHVILLE, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WVGA (105.9 FM; LAKELAND, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Lake Park:
  • WBFL-CA (Channel 13; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
  • WFXU (Channel 57; LIVE OAK, FL; Owner: WFXU LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WCTV (Channel 6; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: WCTV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • W25CP (Channel 25; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WTWC-TV (Channel 40; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: WTWC LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WBVJ-LP (Channel 35; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
  • WVAG (Channel 44; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: HUTCHENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WLCF-LP (Channel 11; LAKE CITY, FL; Owner: BUDD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

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