Neptune Beach

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Neptune Beach
Duval County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Neptune Beach Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Duval County
Coordinates : 30 ° 19 ′  N , 81 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 19 ′  N , 81 ° 24 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 7,037 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,117 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 17.7 km 2  (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of
which 6.3 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 3 m
Postal code : 32266
Area code : +1 904
FIPS : 12-48100
GNIS ID : 0287587
Website : www.ci.neptune-beach.fl.us
Mayor : Elaine Brown

Neptune Beach is a city in Duval County in the US state of Florida with 7037 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Neptuna Beach is located directly on the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway and borders the cities of Jacksonville , Atlantic Beach and Jacksonville Beach .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 7,037 inhabitants were distributed among 3,493 households. The population density was 1117 inhabitants / km². 94.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 1.2% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 1.0% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 4.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 21.2% of all households lived in 22.6% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 55.5% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.78.

18.7% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 30.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 31.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.9% ​​were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 41 years. 51.0% of the population were male and 49.0% were female.

The median annual income was $ 62,407, with 6.7% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 95.71% of the population, 3.24% spoke Spanish and 1.05% had another mother tongue.

economy

There is no industry worth mentioning. The main branches of employment are: education, health and social affairs (18.2%), science and administration (13.9%), finance, insurance and real estate (13.5%), arts, entertainment, sports and restaurants (11.3%) %).

schools

  • Neptune Beach Elementary School with over 1000 students
  • Beaches Chapel School
  • Christ United Methodist Children
  • The Red School House
  • Duncan U. Fletcher High School with over 2000 students

traffic

The city is from the Florida State Roads A1A and 10 crosses or touches. The nearest airports are Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (6 miles west) and Jacksonville International Airport (25 miles northwest).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 300 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There was one murder, one rape, three robberies, 17 personal injuries, 44 break-ins, 257 thefts, twelve car thefts and one arson.

Web links

Commons : Neptune Beach, Florida  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Neptune-Beach-Florida.html