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Population (year 2000): 1,304. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,414 (+8.4% change)
Males: 625 (47.9%), Females: 679 (52.1%)
Polk County
Zip code:
33851
Median resident age: 38.7 years
Median household income: $33,438 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,200 (year 2000)
Races in Lake Hamilton:
- White Non-Hispanic (68.9%)
- Black (25.2%)
- Hispanic (5.1%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (10.2%), United States
(10.0%), Irish (9.0%), German (8.4%), Swedish (3.3%),
Scotch-Irish (1.8%).
Elevation: 125 feet
Land area: 3.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lake Hamilton
- High school or higher: 66.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 7.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lake Hamilton town
- Never married: 23.9%
- Now married: 60.5%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 6.5%
3.1% Foreign born (1.8% Latin America, 0.9%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +122 (+10.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lake Hamilton:
- WINTER HAVEN HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; WINTER HAVEN,
FL)
- HEART OF FLORIDA REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 13
miles; DAVENPORT, FL)
- BARTOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; BARTOW,
FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Lake
Hamilton:
- LAKELAND LINDER RGNL (about 28 miles; LAKELAND, FL;
ID: LAL)
- ORLANDO INTL (about 34 miles; ORLANDO, FL; ID: MCO)
- ORLANDO SANFORD (about 57 miles; ORLANDO, FL; ID:
SFB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lake Hamilton:
- CHALET SUZANNE AIR STRIP (about 7 miles; LAKE WALES,
FL; ID: X25)
- JACK BROWNS (about 9 miles; WINTER HAVEN, FL; ID:
F57)
- WINTER HAVEN'S GILBERT (about 9 miles; WINTER HAVEN,
FL; ID: GIF)
Amtrak station near Lake Hamilton:
- 9 miles: WINTER HAVEN (1800 7TH ST. S.W.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, taxi stand.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lake Hamilton:
- POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles; WINTER HAVEN,
FL; Full-time enrollment: 3,028)
- TRAVIS TECHNICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; LAKELAND,
FL; FT enrollment: 2,057)
- VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles; ORLANDO,
FL; FT enrollment: 15,792)
- ROLLINS COLLEGE (about 43 miles; WINTER PARK, FL; FT
enrollment: 2,899)
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (about 44 miles;
ORLANDO, FL; FT enrollment: 26,717)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ORLANDO CAMPUS (about 44
miles; MAITLAND, FL; FT enrollment: 3,992)
- SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; ST LEO, FL; FT
enrollment: 6,597)
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