Is Crooked Lake Park a good place to live?
A tough set of grades. Health is its weak spot: residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Crooked Lake Park’s overall grade, D−, puts it better than 2% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 602nd of 634 in Florida. Schools are weaker too — its schools rank behind 88% of the state's. Homes run about $198K for a typical one, 3 times the Lakeland metro’s $66K median household income. Only 53 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on the outdoors. 34% of residents live below the poverty line in the town, above both the Florida town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
How Crooked Lake Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Crooked Lake Park is from typical.
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100% of working residents leave Crooked Lake Park for work
Where Crooked Lake Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Crooked Lake Park.
Crooked Lake Park has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the Florida rate.
For health, Crooked Lake Park earns a D
39% of adults have high blood pressure in Crooked Lake Park. In Crooked Lake Park, 43% of adults have obesity, and 28% say their health is fair or poor.
| Crooked Lake Park | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 32% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Crooked Lake Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.2% | 7.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.2% | 12.7% |
| More smokers | 18.5% | 12.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Crooked Lake Park earns a D
Its one school is below. 640 students attend Crooked Lake Park’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bok AcademyLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 640 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Crooked Lake Park stands out in Florida and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
Crooked Lake Park has 34 jobs for its 950 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The median commute is under 26 miles. Crooked Lake Park’s middle household income works out to $60,000. The top destinations are Lake Wales (11%), Lakeland (7%) and Bartow (7%).
| Crooked Lake Park | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 34% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Crooked Lake Park’s year
The Mtn Lake weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 129 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. January nights average 49°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92°.
Snow is a rarity. Also worth knowing: about 52 inches of rain and snow fall on Crooked Lake Park in a normal year.
| Crooked Lake Park | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 49°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Crooked Lake Park is hurricanes, at a moderate overall level
Compared with 59% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Crooked Lake Park is higher. 48% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 24%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Crooked Lake Park sell for about $219K
At 3 years of the Lakeland metro’s $66K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 88% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,299, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Crooked Lake Park’s rent at the middle of the market is $1,666 a month. The share of households in Crooked Lake Park who live in a home they own is 71%.
| Crooked Lake Park | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,666 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Crooked Lake Park
Walt Disney World Resort and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crooked Lake Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
7 mi GardenBok Tower Gardens
13 mi Theme parkLegoland Florida
13 mi Theme parkCypress Gardens35 mi Theme parkFun Spot
38 mi Theme parkGatorlandPhoto credits
Walt Disney World Resort: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Bok Tower Gardens: Averette, CC BY 3.0 · Legoland Florida: Jacob Montgomery, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cypress Gardens: Bruchey at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Gatorland: The original uploader was Bobak at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Crooked Lake Park: who provides what
Crooked Lake Park is unincorporated, so Polk County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Crooked Lake Park
About 6 of every 100 Crooked Lake Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Crooked Lake Park
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Crooked Lake Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crooked Lake Park had a population of 1,893. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 125 ft
- Area code
- 863
Crooked Lake Park’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Crooked Lake Park.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crooked Lake Park | #602 | D− | C+ | — | D | D |
| Hillcrest Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Crooked Lake Park reports no FBI crime data of its own. Hillcrest Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Crooked Lake Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Crooked Lake Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crooked Lake Park, FL a good place to live?
It grades D for health and D for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Crooked Lake Park, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $198,000, 47% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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