Lakeland Auto Insurance (FL)

Lakeland, Florida is a city of around 94,000 spread about an area of about 74 square miles. It is the located in Polk County and is principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lakelands’s economy is based largely upon citrus, phosphate mining, and cattle though in recent decades has grown and diversified to include tourism, transportation, healthcare, and more.

Roads leading into the area include Interstate 4, Polk Parkway, US Route 91, US-98, as well as State Route 33, SR-37, SR-540. Compared to the rest of the state Lakeland’s annual fatal accident count is almost always higher. Public transportation is provided by Citrus Connection, which offers local bus service.

Lakeland is part of a mild subtropical climate heavily influenced by the Gulf of Mexico. Winters are short and mild which give way to warm springs and long, hot and steamy summers. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year; winter months tend to be the wettest while autumn is the driest. Lakeland can sometimes experience strong violent storms with tornadoes along with the effects of the occasional remnants of hurricanes which blow in from the Gulf.