Lake Wales Community Spotlight

A central Polk County town of ~16,000 sitting on the Lake Wales Ridge — one of Florida's highest elevation areas — with classic citrus-town character and rapidly expanding residential growth.

Higher elevation than most of Florida, lake-studded ridge landscape, and very competitive pricing relative to the Orlando and Tampa metros it sits between.

• Bok Tower Gardens
• Lake Wailes & Lake Wailes Park
• Spook Hill (a famous gravity-defying optical illusion)
• Historic downtown Park Avenue
• LEGOLAND Florida (20 min)

• Walt Disney World — 50 min
• Universal Studios Orlando — 1 hr
• SeaWorld Orlando — 55 min
• Busch Gardens Tampa — 1 hr 15 min
• LEGOLAND Florida — 20 min

• 800 Degrees Wood Fired
• The Vanguard School Cafe Lake Wales staples
• Manny's Original Chophouse (nearby)
• Bok Tower's Blue Palmetto Café

• Orlando International (MCO) — 1 hr
• Tampa International (TPA) — 1 hr 15 min
• Lakeland Linder (LAL) — 40 min

AdventHealth Lake Wales in town; AdventHealth Heart of Florida (Davenport) — 25 min.

Lake Wales Charter Schools system (independent K-12 charter network) is locally well-regarded; Webber International University is in town.

Lake Wales is one of Polk's fastest-growing residential markets — major activity along SR-60, US-27, and the new Lake Wales Connector area driven by Orlando-to-Tampa I-4 commuter demand.

Lake Wales Chamber · City of Lake Wales

Verify whether a school is in the city's Lake Wales Charter Schools system vs the Polk County district — they are different attendance and enrollment processes, and it matters to families relocating.