Lake Helen

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Lake Helen
Volusia County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lake Helen Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Volusia County
Coordinates : 28 ° 59 ′  N , 81 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 59 ′  N , 81 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,624 (as of 2010)
Population density : 228.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.8 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of
which 11.5 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 20 m
Postal code : 32744
Area code : +1 386
FIPS : 12-38025
GNIS ID : 0285248
Website : www.lakehelen.com
Mayor : Daisy Raisler

Lake Helen is a city in Volusia County in the US state of Florida with 2,624 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Lake Helen is directly adjacent to DeLand to the west and is about 40 km north of Orlando .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 2624 inhabitants were distributed among 1154 households. The population density was 228.2 inh / km². 87.1% of the population identified themselves as whites , 9.1% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 4.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 24.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 36.5% of all households. 64.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.33 people and the average family size was 2.83 people.

20.7% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 19.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 31.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 28.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 48 years. 47.8% of the population were male and 52.2% were female.

The median annual income was $ 49,044, with 13.0% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 98.22% of the population, 1.01% spoke Spanish and 0.77% spoke French .

Attractions

The Lake Helen Historic District and Ann Stevens House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

traffic

Lake Helen is crossed by Interstate 4 . The nearest airport is Daytona Beach International Airport (around 30 km northeast).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 187 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There was one rape, five assaults, 18 break-ins, 43 thefts and three car thefts.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed July 8, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed July 8, 2015 .
  3. ↑ FLORIDA - Volusia County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 8, 2015 .
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Lake-Helen-Florida.html