Caroline (New York)
Tompkins County
36-12606
Caroline is a town in the southeast of Tompkins County, New York in the United States. In the 2010 census had the southeast lies of Ithaca Town of Caroline 3282 inhabitants.
History
The area of present-day Caroline was settled around 1794, when the region was still part of Tioga County. It belonged to the Watkins and Flint Purchase ( 1791).
The Town of Caroline in 1811 removed from the Town of Spencer.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 142.7 km ², of which 142.5 km ² land and 0.2 km ² omitted ( = 0.13 %) to water. In the east and south bordering the Tioga County is located. Caroline is drained mainly by the Sixmile Creek and thus belongs to the catchment area of the St. Lawrence River; only for a very small area in the east of the urban area flows toward the surface water flowing to the Owego Creek and thus over the Susquehanna River to the Atlantic Ocean.
The New York State Route 79 leads in an east-west direction through the urban area.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 2910 persons Caroline. The population density was 20.4 people per km ². There were 1254 housing units at an average 8.8 per km ². The population consisted of Caroline's 92.85 % White, 3.09 % African American, 0.58 % Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.10 % Pacific Islander, 0.38 % reported other races to belong and 2.13 % from two or more races. 2.37 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents Caroline distributed to 1161 households out of which 33.2% were living in children under 18 years. 50.9 % married couples living together, 9.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7 % were non-families. 26.8% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 7.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size is 2.99 people.
The population was spread out with 27.1 % under the, 6.6 % 18 -24- year-old, 28.5 % 25 -44- year-old, 27.9% 45-64 year olds and 9.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 94.0 males.
The median household income in Caroline was 43 315 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 51,983 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 33,375 U.S. dollars, compared to 26 587 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 21,531 U.S. dollars. 7.4 % of the population and 6.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 7.6 % of those, and 3.1 % of those age 65 or over.
The majority of residents commute to work in the region Ithaca.
Education
The Town of Caroline falls into four school districts: Ithaca, Dryden, Newark Valley and Candor. The Caroline Elementary School serves the northern and central portions of the Town and is subject to the Ithaca City School District.
Towns and localities in Caroline
- Besemer (formerly Besemer Depot) - at the NY -79 in the northwest corner of Caroline.
- Brooktondale - a hamlet on the western city limits
- Caroline - A hamlet on NY -79 in the north Caroline
- Caroline Center (formerly Centerville ) - a centrally located hamlet
- Caroline Depot - a hamlet in the northwest of the Town, south of Brooktondale
- Guide Board Corners - A location south of Slaterville Springs.
- Slaterville Springs (formerly Slaterville ) - a hamlet with a post office in NY -79, the Town Hall is located here. The District No. 2 School, Caroline and Dryden and St. Thomas Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Speedville - A hamlet in the southeast corner of Caroline. Here are the presently incorporated in the National Register of Historic Places District School Number 7 and also listed St. John's Episcopal Church.
- West Slaterville (formerly Boiceville ) - A hamlet on the held the first meeting of the Town 's population at the NY -79 near the northern border district,
- White Church - a hamlet in the southwest Carolines