Buckhead Ridge, Florida

Glades County

12-09315

Buckhead Ridge is a census -designated place (CDP ) in Glades County in the U.S. state of Florida with 1,450 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

Buckhead Ridge is located at the mouth of the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee in the north east of the county, about 45 km northeast of Moore Haven. The CDP is affected by the Florida State Road 78. Miami is about 180 km, 210 km Orlando and Tampa 230 km away.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 1,450 inhabitants distributed to 1,227 households. The population density was 426.5 inh. / Km ². 97.8 % of the population were white, 0.6 % African American, 0.7 % Native American, 0.1% Asian Americans. 0.1 % were members of other ethnic groups and 0.8 % of various ethnicities. 2.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 59.2 % of all households lived in 12.7 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 63.7 % 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 2.03 persons and the average family size is 2.44 people.

11.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 10.4% were 20-39 years old, 25.4% were 40-59 years old and 53.1 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 62 years. 49.4 % of the population were male and 50.6 % female.

The average annual income was $ 41,196, while 6.8 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 100 % of the population.