Windermere (Florida)

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Windermere
Orange County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Windermere Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1889
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Orange County
Coordinates : 28 ° 30 ′  N , 81 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 30 ′  N , 81 ° 32 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,462 (as of 2010)
Population density : 610.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.07 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 4.03 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 37 m
Postal code : 34786
Area code : +1 407
FIPS : 12-78050
GNIS ID : 0293401
Website : www.town.windermere.fl.us
Mayor : Gary Bruhn

Windermere is a city in Orange County in the US state of Florida with 2,462 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Windermere is about 10 km west of Orlando .

history

In 1888 the Florida Midland Railway was opened, running from Lake Jesup via Clarcona and Windermere to Kissimmee . In 1896 the company was incorporated into the Plant System . Further owners were subsequently the ACL (1902-1967), the SCL (1967-1986) and CSX (since 1986).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 2462 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 1152 households. The population density was 610.9 inh / km². 94.2% of the population identified themselves as white , 1.4% as African-American and 3.0% as Asian Americans . 0.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.1% to several ethnic groups. 5.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 27.1% of all households lived in 37.4% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 80.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.78 people and the average family size was 3.12 people.

29.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 12.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 36.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 51.4% of the population were male and 48.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 120,938, with 7.6% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 94.88% of the population, 4.89% spoke Spanish and 0.23% spoke German .

Attractions

The 1890 Windermere School , Cal Palmer Memorial Building, and Windermere Town Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

traffic

The nearest airport is Orlando International Airport (around 30 km east).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 17 points (US average: 266 points) in the very low range. There were two break-ins and eight thefts.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Windermere, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  2. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed May 6, 2015 .
  3. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed May 6, 2015 .
  4. ↑ FLORIDA - Orange County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed May 6, 2015 .
  5. ↑ crime rate in Windermere on city-data.com