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Population (year 2000): 3,054
Males: 1,464 (47.9%), Females: 1,590 (52.1%)
Highlands County
Zip code:
33852
Median resident age: 52.9 years
Median household income: $31,914 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,400 (year 2000)
Races in Placid Lakes:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.3%)
- Hispanic (10.5%)
- Black (5.3%)
- Other race (2.0%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (13.6%), United States
(11.7%), Irish (10.8%), English (10.3%), Italian (5.2%), Swedish
(4.1%).
Elevation: 130 feet
Land area: 18.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Placid Lakes
- High school or higher: 77.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Placid Lakes CDP
- Never married: 9.4%
- Now married: 71.7%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 7.3%
7.4% Foreign born (3.7% Latin America, 1.8%
North America, 1.2% Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Placid Lakes:
- HIGHLANDS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles;
SEBRING, FL)
- FLORIDA HOSPITAL HEARTLAND MEDICAL CTR (about 16
miles; SEBRING, FL)
- DESOTO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; ARCADIA,
FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Placid Lakes:
- CHARLOTTE COUNTY (about 47 miles; PUNTA GORDA, FL;
ID: PGD)
- SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL (about 56 miles; FORT MYERS,
FL; ID: RSW)
- LAKELAND LINDER RGNL (about 66 miles; LAKELAND, FL;
ID: LAL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Placid Lakes:
- SEBRING REGIONAL (about 14 miles; SEBRING, FL; ID:
SEF)
- AVON PARK MUNI (about 24 miles; AVON PARK, FL; ID:
AVO)
- ARCADIA MUNI (about 31 miles; ARCADIA, FL; ID: X06)
Amtrak station near Placid Lakes:
- 17 miles: SEBRING (601 E. CENTER ST.). Services:
ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi
service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Placid Lakes:
- POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; WINTER
HAVEN, FL; Full-time enrollment: 3,028)
- EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; FT MYERS,
FL; FT enrollment: 5,032)
- FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; FT
MYERS, FL; FT enrollment: 2,466)
- TRAVIS TECHNICAL CENTER (about 65 miles; LAKELAND,
FL; FT enrollment: 2,057)
- INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; FT
PIERCE, FL; FT enrollment: 6,149)
- FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MELBOURNE (about 79
miles; MELBOURNE, FL; FT enrollment: 3,055)
- MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 83 miles;
BRADENTON, FL; FT enrollment: 4,539)
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