had a median income of $33,896 versus $28,631 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,106. About 20.8% of families and 26.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.1% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over. Local attractions Bok Tower Gardens Camp Mack's River Resort Dixie Walesbilt Hotel (also known as the Hotel Walesbilt) Spook Hill, an optical illusion which makes a car in neutral appear as if it is traveling uphill (gravity hill) The commercial historic district in the heart of the old town contains important examples of architecture from the period of the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The district's tallest building, the Walesbilt Hotel, has been boarded up for many years but has been purchased and is in the process of being restored. The Lake Wales History Museum is a history museum funded by a public-private partnership. It is housed in the old Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot (Lake Wales, Florida). It offers exhibits and artifacts from the pre-Columbian era to modern. Grove House, the visitor's center for the agricultural cooperative Florida's Natural (located across from the company's processing plant). Chalet Suzanne The Shrine of Ste Anne des Lacs Notable people Edward Bok, editor at Ladies' Home Journal, died in Lake Wales in 1930 within sight of his beloved Singing Tower Pat Borders, 1992 World Series MVP, part-time Lake Wales resident and Lake Wales High School alumnus Wade Davis, MLB pitcher for the Colorado Rockies and for 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals; born in Lake Wales Walt Faulkner, racecar driver, lived in Lake Wales from 1926 to 1936 Mario Gosselin, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver/owner, lives and operates his race shop in Lake Wales Red "Galloping Ghost" Grange, iconic player in the College Football Hall of Fame and the NFL, was living in Lake Wales when he died in 1991 Dominique Jones, NBA player, born and attended high school in Lake Wales Amar'e Stoudemire, NBA player, now playing for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and EuroCup, born in Lake Wales Robbie Tobeck, center for NFL's Seattle Seahawks; born in Lake Wales Transportation US 27 – This divided highway leads northward to Haines City and Interstate 4 going north, and Frostproof, Sebring, and eventually Miami going south. State Road 60 – Also known as Hesperides Road, it leads eastward