Bee Cave, Texas

Travis County

48-07156

Bee Cave is a place in Travis County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States of America.

Geography

The place is located on U.S. Highway 71 and 620, at the confluence of Barton Creek and Little Barton Creek, in the central south-west of Texas, 20 km west of Austin, the capital of the state and has a total area of 6.7 km ², without significant water surface.

History

Bee Cave, as we know it today, has only existed since 1987, but the idea of ​​a city without the influence of a large city existed some 140 years before.

Some years before 1850 drew Dietrich Bohls with his family here when the city of Austin it had become too big with its 900 inhabitants at that time. Around 1870, a Carl Beck also reached this area and opened a general store at the intersection of present-day Highway 71 and Hamilton Pool Road. 1873 Beck was also postmaster and opened a post office in his store. Looking for a name for the post office, this reminded of the many bees and beehives along the banks of the two Creeks and named it Bee Cave.

For the next 100 years, people lived here quietly and in seclusion. This changed in the 80s, when Austin was getting bigger and started with the incorporations. In the course of which the place got the official status of the Village of Bee Cave.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 656 people in 207 households and 172 families. The population density was 97.4 inhabitants per km ². Ethnically, the population itself is composed of 94.21 % White, 0.00 % African American, 0.15 % Native American, 0.15 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 3.51% from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.98% are descended from two or more races and 7.62 % of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 207 households 50.2 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 79.7 % were married couples living together. 2.4% were single mothers and 16.9 % were non-families. 9.7 % of all households were single-person households and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size is 3.38 people.

33.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 3.8 % from 18 to 24, 34.8 % 25-44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 108.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over 104.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 120,871, and the median income for a family $ 130,028. Males have a median income of $ 100,000 compared to $ 48,125 for females. The per capita income was $ 45,405. 0.5 % of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Of which 0.0 % have children under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 or older.