Lake Alfred

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Lake Alfred
Polk County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lake Alfred Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1915
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 28 ° 6 ′  N , 81 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 6 ′  N , 81 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 5,015 (as of 2010)
Population density : 394.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 22.2 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of
which 12.7 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 53 m
Postal code : 33850
Area code : +1 863
FIPS : 12-37525
GNIS ID : 0285214
Website : www.mylakealfred.com
Mayor : Charles Lake

Lake Alfred is a city in Polk County in the US state of Florida with 5015 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Lake Alfred is directly adjacent to the towns of Auburndale and Winter Haven . The city is about 25 km northeast of Bartow and about 55 km southwest of Orlando .

history

Lake Alfred was first connected to the railroad network by the South Florida Railroad in 1884. In the following year a branch to Bartow was opened.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 5015 inhabitants were distributed over 1996 households. The population density was 394.9 inh / km². 71.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 17.5% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 1.7% as Asian Americans . 6.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.2% to several ethnic groups. 16.0% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010, children under the age of 18 lived in 33.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 30.6% of all households. 71.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.08.

27.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 48.9% of the population were male and 51.1% were female.

The median annual income was $ 32,375, with 36.9% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 91.67% of the population, 6.61% spoke Spanish and 1.72% spoke French .

traffic

Lake Alfred is crossed by US Highways 17 and 92 ( SR 600 ) on a shared route . The nearest airport is Orlando International Airport (around 65 km northeast).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 168 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There were two robberies, twelve assaults, 26 break-ins, 69 thefts and four car thefts.

Web links

Commons : Lake Alfred, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  2. ↑ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed August 16, 2015 .
  3. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed August 16, 2015 .
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Lake-Alfred-Florida.html