Walden Shores: mobile home park in Lake Wales, Florida
Unofficial page — independent directory built from the Florida state registry, updated July 2026.
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A 222-space mobile home park in Lake Wales, FL. County records put it on 96.8 acres, built in 2003.
Zone X on FEMA's map keeps this park outside the special flood hazard area, for whatever that's worth against a map that gets redrawn. Grocery, pharmacy, and clinic access here is middling — not next door, not a long haul, 9–11 miles. Working from home is realistic nearby — roughly 100% of homes report broadband at 100/20 Mbps or better, gigabit reaching a real share of homes. 222 spaces make this a mid-sized mobile home park as these things go, though the registry doesn't report current vacancies.
- Size
- 222 spaces · 46th largest of 222 in Polk County (median 89)
- Size vs the state
- Larger than about 83% of Florida's registered parks
- Land
- 96.8 acres · about 2.3 lots per acre · built 2003
- Rent nearby
- 2-bedroom fair market rent $1,497/mo (HUD FY 2026)
- Flood zone
- N/A — outside the mapped floodplain
- Wildfire risk
- Higher than 95% of U.S. counties (USFS, county-wide)
- Tornadoes
- 165 recorded in Polk County since 1950, strongest F4 (NOAA)
- Nearest
- Grocery 8.8 mi · pharmacy 11 mi · clinic 9.1 mi
- School & ER
- Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary 7.1 mi · Adventhealth Lake Wales (ER) 9.6 mi
- Internet
- 100% of homes at 100/20 Mbps · fiber 55% · gigabit 53%
- Neighborhood
- Median rent $1,122/mo · median income $55,000 · 40% mobile homes
Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Internet and neighborhood figures describe the surrounding town — and the rent benchmark, wildfire rank, and tornado count the wider county — not this park’s own lots. The fair market rent is apartment-style rent (HUD’s area benchmark), not this park’s lot rent. Rent limits are not legal advice.
Looking for the office number? Their Google Maps listing may have it →
Worth knowing
Lake Wales is a rural community about 20 miles southeast of Winter Haven (about 52,000 people). 10 other registered parks lie within about 10 miles.
For residents
- Water billing: if your park submeters water, Florida bills it at the cost of service with the combined service charge capped at 9% (§367.022(9)) — there's no markup on the water itself. Check the math free with the water submeter calculator, or read the Florida water-billing guide.
- Paying rent: ask the park office how they take payment. Parks that run on Lot Sidekick hand residents clear, itemized rent and water bills.
- Thinking about moving here? What to ask a park before you rent a lot, and what lot rent covers and how it goes up.
Common questions
How many spaces does Walden Shores have?
Walden Shores has 222 total spaces per the Florida park registry (as of July 22, 2026).
Is this Walden Shores's official website or phone number?
No. This is Walden Shores's page in the Lot Sidekick park directory, built from the state registry. We're independent of the park and can't take messages for it. The park office hasn't added a public contact here yet; if you own the park, claiming the page (free) lets you add one.
Where is Walden Shores?
2204 Thoreau Dr, Lake Wales, Florida 33898, in Polk County.
How much is lot rent at Walden Shores?
Walden Shores doesn't publish its lot rent anywhere we could find, and we won't guess at a figure. Call the park office to ask. For scale: HUD's FY 2026 fair market rent for a 2-bedroom rental around Polk County is $1,497/mo — that's apartment-style rent for the area, and lot rent (the ground under a home you own) usually runs well below it. If you run this park, you can add your real lot rent to this page for free.
How much can lot rent go up at Walden Shores?
Florida has no statewide cap on lot rent, but Chapter 723 requires 90 days' written notice (Statute §723.037), and an increase justified by comparable parks must be disclosed — residents can request mediation.
Nearby parks in Polk County
| Park | Distance | Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Joes Fish Camp | ~3.2 mi | 22 |
| Harbor, the | ~5.6 mi | 28 |
| Camp Rosalie | ~6.6 mi | 59 |
| Camp Tiger Fish Camp | ~6.6 mi | 45 |
| Spring Lake Park | ~7.3 mi | 31 |
Park value estimate
Polk County assesses this park at $4.1M — about $18,000 per space. The median across 115 other assessed parks in the county is $40,000 per space, so this one sits in the bottom quarter of the county.
These are county assessments for tax purposes, not a market appraisal and not an asking price. A park's real value turns on its rent roll, its expenses and its utilities — none of which are in a public record.
Free tools
- Park value & profitability estimator: what a 222-space park earns and what it's worth, at the cap rate you pick.
- Rent increase calculator: the 2026 Florida cap applied to a 222-space park.
- RUBS calculator: split one master-meter water bill across 222 lots so the pennies add up exactly.
- Water submeter calculator: two meter reads in, an at-cost tenant bill out.
- Notice generator: a clean, printable rent-increase notice with the dates filled in.
- Rent receipt generator: a printable receipt for a cash, check, or money-order payment — two copies to a sheet.
- Prorated rent calculator: the exact first-month charge when someone moves in mid-cycle.
Registry record
| State registry ID | PRMZ003235 |
|---|---|
| Registered with | The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation |
| Listed as | WALDEN SHORES |
Data from official state registry that may be out of date.
Source: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation mobile home park registrations (myfloridalicense.com), as of July 22, 2026. Counts come from the state's registry and can lag real life. See something out of date? Tell us, or claim the page.
https://lotsidekick.com/parks/florida/polk/walden-shores