Avon Lake, Ohio

Lorain County

39-03464

Avon Lake is a city in north-eastern Lorain counties in Ohio, United States. In 2000, the City had 18,145 inhabitants.

Geography

Avon Lakes geographical coordinates are 41 ° 30 'N, 82 ° 0' W41.501666666667 - 82.006388888889 ( 41.501595, -82.006309 ). The village is located about 25 km west of Cleveland and about three kilometers north of Interstate 90/Ohio State Route 2, which is a quick link to the center of Cleveland. Two main roads lead through Avon Lake, U.S. Highway 6 and Ohio State Route 83

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​28.8 km ², all of which related to land.

History

Avon Lake was first settled around 1812. when the area was still part of Cuyahoga County. 1822 the area was part of the Lorain County. 1822 today's Avon Lake broke away from the former Avon Township to become independent. 1960 Avon Lake was order to set a City. The place at that time had just under ten thousand inhabitants. The tracks of the railway line separating the two cities from each other.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 18,145 people Avon Lake. The population density was 629.5 people per km ². There were 6937 housing units at an average 240.5 per km ². The population consisted of Hoquiams 97.31 % White, 0.45 % African American, 0.16 % Native American, 0.96 % Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 0.25 % reported other races to belong and 0.83 % from two or more races. 1.25 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Avon Lakes distributed to 6711 households out of which 38.4 % were living in children under 18 years. 66.8 % married couples living together, 7.1 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5 % were non-families. 20.3% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 9.0 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size is 3.14.

The city population was spread out with 28.9 % under the, 5.0 % 18 -24- year-old, 29.5 % 25 -44- year-old, 25.0 % 45-64 year olds and 11.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 89.5 males.

The median household income in Avon Lake was 65 988 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 76 603 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 57 294 U.S. dollars, compared to 32,458 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Avon Lake was 32,336 U.S. dollars. 4.6% of the population and 3.0 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 1.3 % of minors and 7.3 % of those age 65 or over.

Administration and authorities

Avon Lake is a registered community that is governed by a city council of seven members. One of those in one of the four wards and three are generally chosen.

The Avon Lake Municipal Court is responsible for Avon Lake, Avon and Sheffield Village.

The police station Avon Lakes has 28 full-time police officers and five other systems that only part-time service. In the city a nighttime curfew for minors, which starts 23:00 to 1:00 clock depending on age applies.

The fire department has an emergency medical team, may involve hazardous materials and has a diver unit. It is equipped with two pumps vehicles, a ladder, a heavy rescue vehicle, three ambulances and several light-duty vehicles.

There is a local television station, which is under the city administration, which operates two public cable channels and will be broadcast on all cable television customers in Avon Lake.

A public library is available to all citizens.

In the city there are four public elementary schools ( Eastview, Erieview, Redwood and Westview ), a public Intermediate School (Troy ), a public middle school ( Learwood ), a High School ( Avon Lake High School) and a church school ( Saint Joseph ) with eight grade levels.

Leisure

The city maintains parks and playgrounds, the area is along about 0.9 km ². 1962, a municipal swimming pool was opened, having three rectangular pool 60 feet wide and 120 feet long, and a children's pool.

Sons and daughters of the town

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