POLK COUNTY BROADBAND PLAN
Figure 16. Employment Per Square Mile, 2010
Data source: Polk Transportation Planning Organization
By 2020, employment density is expected to grow particularly along State Route 60 between Bartow and Lake
Wales, at the intersection of Interstate 4 and the Polk Parkway with the construction of the Florida Polytechnic
campus, and in the northeast corner of the county (see Figure 17).
Figure 17. Employment Per Square Mile, Projected, 2020
Data source: Polk Transportation Planning Organization
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