Bal Harbour, Florida
Miami -Dade County
12-03275
Bal Harbour is a village in Miami -Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida with 2,513 inhabitants ( 2010).
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Geography
Bal Harbour is located about 10 kilometers northeast of Miami on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Direct to the site borders the municipalities Bay Harbor Islands, Surfside, Bay Harbor Islands and North Miami.
Climate
The climate is mild and warm, with a light wind from the lake. Statistically, it rains in the summer months to an average of 40 percent of the days, even if only temporarily. The highest temperatures are in the May to October, with up to 31 ° C. The coldest months from December to February with an average of only 12 ° C. Snowfall is almost unknown in the region.
Religions
In Bal Harbour there are two churches belonging to no particular denomination. Furthermore, there is one synagogue in Bal Harbour ( as of 2004).
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the then 2,513 inhabitants distributed to 2,780 households. The population density was 2792.2 inh. / Km ². 95.0 % of the population were white, 2.1% African American, 0.1% Native American and 0.9 % Asian Americans. 0.8 % were members of other ethnic groups and 1.1% in different ethnic groups. 28.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 45.9 % of all households lived in 16.9 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 47.9 % 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 1.91 persons and the average family size is 2.70 people.
16.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 18.9% were 20-39 years old, 25.1% were 40-59 years old and 39.8 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 51 years. 44.3 % of the population were male and 55.7 % female.
The average annual income was $ 66,641, while 13.0 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 58.29 % of the population spoke Spanish 35.13 % and 6.58% had a different mother tongue.
Economy
A significant industry, there is not. The main employment sectors are: education, health and social services: ( 14.7%), trade / retail ( 10.5%), emerging technologies, management, administration ( 14.2%), Arts, entertainment, food, places to eat: ( 19.7%). Good -income people, mainly from the north of the U.S. have bought here own apartments. The main attraction of Bal Harbour is a luxury shopping mall.
Further education institutions
Further training opportunities are not available in the city itself. The following institutes within a radius of up to 150 km, are on offer:
- Barry University in Miami, about 10 miles away, about 5,750 students
- Miami -Dade Community College in Miami, about 14 km away, approximately 25,300 students
- Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, about 20 km away, about 2,500 students
- Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, about 22 miles away in Fort Lauderdale, approximately 2,500 students
- Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, about 25 km away, approximately 12,700 students
- Keiser College in Fort Lauderdale, about 25 km away, approximately 2,800 students
- University of Miami in Coral Gables, about 50 km away, approximately 13,000 students
Parks and sports facilities
There is a small supply of various city parks as well as several sports facilities and playing fields and facilities for camping and barbecues, as well as all kinds of water sports.
Traffic
Through the village leads the Florida State Road A1A, also tangent to the southern border of the Florida State Road 922 The nearest airports are Opa- locka Executive Airport the (national, 15 km away) and Miami International Airport ( 25 km).
Crime
The crime rate in 2010 was 109 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) in the low range. There was an assault, four burglaries, thefts and 76 four car thefts.