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A town of 1,559, laid out in 1889. Public schools that outperform most of Georgia.
The best of Lake Park’s subject grades is an A for schools; the weakest is a D for incomes. 31% of residents live below the poverty line in Lake Park, where Georgia’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Lake Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. Ewell Brown General Store is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lake Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Lake Park beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Lake Park is from typical.
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Census counts: 319 in 1900, 932 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 3 maps from 1971 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Park.
Its public schools are run by the Lowndes County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 601 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Lake Park beats the Georgia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 17% of Lake Park adults report frequent physical distress, above both Georgia’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (14%). 36% of Lake Park adults feel lonely.
| Lake Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 39% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lake Park | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 6.5% |
| More smokers | 17.4% | 13.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.6% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Lake Park since 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lake Park has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Lake Park is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Lake Park for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Lake Park fell to 274 in 2023, 37 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Valdosta (41%), Atlanta (2%) and Macon-Bibb County (1%).
| Lake Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Lake Park home is worth about $276,000, up 3.4% in a year, 16% below the Georgia typical home. Lake Park’s median rent is $797 a month.
| Lake Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $797 a month | $1,154 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 59% | 58% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Park's reported crime rate is well below Georgia's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2023.
| Lake Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 9.4 per 1,000 residents | 20.6 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 2.8 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Park
About 2 of every 100 Lake Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
City in Georgia, United States
Lake Park is a city in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. The population was 932 in 2020, up from 733 in 2010.
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Public schools that outperform most of Georgia.
That is 4.8 years of the area's median household income ($57,085 across the Valdosta, GA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.