Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 28.8% | | Whole state: | 13.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 14.6% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Lakeland compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students significantly 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 Lakeland (2007 data):
- Farmers & Merchants Bank: at 110 Carter Street, branch established on 1907-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $406.7 mil, Deposits: $355.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Fmb Bancshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Lanier County Georgia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Solid Waste Management |
10 | $16,728 | $20,074 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,724 | $32,688 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $1,395 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 24 | $3,012 |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $8,561 | $34,244 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
2 | $3,335 | $20,010 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
7 | $13,535 | $23,203 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
23 | $44,883 | $23,417 | 32 | $4,407 |
Lakeland government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $187,000
Sewerage: $166,000
All Other: $15,000
- Construction - Housing & Community Development: $33,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $284,000
Water Utilities: $264,000
Police Protection: $263,000
Central Staff Services: $259,000
Sewerage: $176,000
Solid Waste Management: $128,000
Parks & Recreation: $40,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $32,000
General - Other: $28,000
Fire Protection: $26,000
Libraries: $20,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $18,000
Welfare - Other: $12,000
Housing & Community Development: $5,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $17,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $0
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $186,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $2,040,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $200,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $2,210,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $30,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $60,000
Interest Earnings: $45,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $52,000
Fire Protection: $25,000
Police Protection: $21,000
Regular Highways: $14,000
Water Utilities: $13,000
Sewerage: $9,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $252,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $249,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $400,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $36,000
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $33,000
All Other: $11,000
- Tax - Property: $250,000
Public Utilities: $124,000
Other Selective Sales: $99,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $51,000
NEC: $43,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $467,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $121,000
11.91% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,429 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.91% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
11.13% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,759 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.13% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Lakeland:
- WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WJEM (1150 AM; 5 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WJEM, 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.)
- WGOV (950 AM; 4 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: W G O V, INC.)
- WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
- WDMG (860 AM; 5 kW; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
- WOBS (1530 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WGSR (1570 AM; 50 kW; FERNANDINA BEACH, FL; Owner: RJM COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WOKA (1310 AM; 4 kW; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: COFFEE COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Lakeland:
- WDMG-FM (99.5 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WVGA (105.9 FM; LAKELAND, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WJYF (95.3 FM; NASHVILLE, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WHLJ (97.5 FM; STATENVILLE, GA; Owner: LATAURUS PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED)
- WBTY (98.7 FM; HOMERVILLE, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING & INVESTMENT CO., INC.)
- WQPW (95.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WXVS (90.1 FM; WAYCROSS, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WAFT (101.1 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: CHRISTIAN RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- WAAC (92.9 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WGOV, INC.)
- WPNG (101.9 FM; PEARSON, GA; Owner: KM RADIO OF PEARSON, L.L.C.)
- WDDQ (92.1 FM; ADEL, GA; Owner: WILLIAMS INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WYZK (96.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: C. D. J., INC.)
- WLPF (98.5 FM; OCILLA, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WWET (91.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
TV broadcast stations around Lakeland:
- WVAG (Channel 44; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: HUTCHENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBFL-CA (Channel 13; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
- WXGA-TV (Channel 8; WAYCROSS, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- W25CP (Channel 25; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WBVJ-LP (Channel 35; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
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