Layton (Florida)

Monroe County

12-39725

Layton is a city in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Florida with 184 inhabitants (as of 2010).

Geography

The city is located on the island of Long Key, which belongs to the Florida Keys. It lies on the Overseas Highway (U.S. 1, SR 5 ) and is located about 100 miles from Key West and 140 miles from Miami.

History

Mary and Del Layton, a grocer couple from Miami, acquired after the Second World War, over 16 hectares of land on Long Key, and built there a fishing camp. Gradually, they expanded the facility, which was called Layton 's Long Key Fishing Camp to residential cottages and a restaurant. On September 18, 1963, the plant went up in the newly founded city of Layton.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 184 inhabitants distributed in 184 households. The population density was 328.6 inh. / Km ². 92.9 % of the population were white, 2.2% African American, 1.6% Native American and 2.2% Asian Americans. 1.1% were members of different ethnic groups. 7.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 40.2 % of all households lived in 7.2 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 54.6 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 1.90 persons and the average family size is 2.25 people.

7.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 14.1% were 20-39 years old, 33.7 % were 40-59 years old and 44.6 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 57 years. 52.2 % of the population were male and 47.8 % female.

The average annual income was $ 52,292, while 3.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 90.69 % of the population spoke Spanish and 9.31%.

Economy

Layton lives mainly from tourism. The city is surrounded by the Long Key State Park with a popular campsite.

In the city the J.N. is Roth Marine Biology Station, an outpost of the Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana. The current building of the station was built in 1985.